A year or so back my wife and I purchased an Apple Time Capsule. We thought it would be a great solution to backup our data and turn our printer into a networked printer. We both had Apple Laptops and a Dell desktop running Windows XP. We also had a HP 1315 all in one printer. The time capsule worked perfectly and aside from losing the ability to scan, our printer worked great from anywhere on the local network.
This year I upgraded my desktop computer to Windows 7 (after a short terrible spell with Vista). So far I have loved it, but the printer on the Time Capsule started giving us trouble. I couldn't get it installed (driver wasn't available) and when I finally figured it out it would only print part of the first page then lock the printer up.
My solution came after long searches and one lucky guess.
First, in order to get the printer to install and find the right driver I had to install the printer directly to the desktop by following the manufacturers instructions. Once the printer and drivers were installed I unplugged the printers usb cable off of the desktop computer and plugged it into the Time Capsules usb port.
I then ran the bonjour print wizard and chose a generic driver.
I now had two printers installed (one locally and one via bonjour). In the Devices and Printers I Right Clicked on the bonjour printer (HP PSC 1310 -2) and chose "Printer Properties". In the advanced tab I clicked on the drop down menu labelled "drivers" and chose the driver for the HP PSC 1310 that I had installed directly to the computer.
After this I clicked okay, restarted and then was able to delete the printer installed locally.
My second problem was that the printer would now print but get stuck half way through the first page and then the printer wouldn't respond unless I turned it off and back on.
The solution to this problem was one I figured out on my own. I'm sure I'm not the first to do this, but I couldn't find any posts online outlining this.
I went back to Devices and Printers. Right clicked on the Bonjour Printer (HP PSC 1310-2) and chose 'Printer Properties". In the advanced tab I changed the radio button that said "Spool print documents so program finished printing faster" to the one that says "Print directly to printer". After clicking okay I was able to print any size and length of document without any issues.
Once again, after a few months of not being able to print from my windows desktop without unplugging the printer from the Time Capsule and into my desktop, I am now able to print directly from all of my computers.
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