Of course, HP is doing its best to spin the situation by pointing out how many other printer drivers it is offering, and offering its more gullible customers the chance to participate in a special HP printer upgrade program for owners of obsolete printers. Category 6 printers will not be supported under Windows 7, which means that Hewlett Packard will not be offering new print drivers for those models of LaserJet, InkJet, and All-in-One printers.

Numerous HP printers, particularly inexpensive “low-end” models have been assigned by HP to “Category 6”. Unfortunately, HP has decided to abandon a large group of HP printer owners. As Microsoft Windows 7 becomes more commonly installed and the default operating system installed on most new computers, upgrading old HP printer drivers to Windows 7 is more important. Many IT pros swear by HP printers and won’t buy anything else. HP printers have been solid workhorses for some time. Grab the Best Hubris RSS Feed to read it right away. – Will add new post when I have more data to go on.

At least as long as you don’t print too much during the automatic scheduled task interval. Update: It seems (so far) that scripting a stop and start of the Spooler service can eliminate the need to turn the printer off and on.

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