Windows 10: Printer driver not available. On install of HP printer and now Brothers printer.

I tried to install HP printer and kept getting "no driver available". After HP Support worked on it for 5 hours and gave up. I sent the printer back to Amazon. I then purchased a Brothers printer and "print driver not available" again. Has anyone had this problem as well?

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Printer advice

hp printers have the most expensive ink of all printers, the most economical is cannon and epson so i suggest if you looking to keep costs down look at those brands.

that being said it may not have the best print quality if it uses less costly ink.

if keeping cost down is the most important then shop in reverse, find a brand that has cheap replacement ink cartridges then see what printers they are used on. then from that list look to see if you like any of those printers and if they are affordable to you, if not then select another ink cartridge and look at the printers that those are used on. this method will give you the most affordable printer and the cheapest cost of replacement ink.

personally i use the refillable ink cartridges like these: http://www.inkproducts.com/ink-store/catalog/Our-Epson-Refill-Kits-orderby0-p-1-c-4.html

 

Printer with decent driver

I've had a HP PSC1205 printer for a few years and have fought constantly against the absolutely rubbish software that HP supply with it. The hardware's OK but the driver etc is poor.

Can anyone recommend a manufacteurer of printers who have half-decent software developers!! I just want some printer software that works and doesn't conflict/crash!!

 

I loathe printers and HP rant

That old printer on network: the installation progress was like this. I just need to find its IP address on the LAN and Windows asked what kind of printer it was. I found the brand on the list of hardware and selected it. That was all that needed to be done.

As for the Brother printer. Obviously, I needed to let it connect to the wireless network and then it simply showed up on my Win 10 laptop. I didn't need to do anything.