# HP D4160 printer drivers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 14, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318 "2008-03-14T02:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318/1 "2008-03-14T02:27:08Z")
I give up. I’d pit the stupid thing, but I lack the energy. I have absolutely no idea where the disc that came with my printer 2 years ago is. So I go to the website to download the drivers I need. I follow the directions exactly, without the printer plugged into the computer I run the program, allowing everything it asks. Then it tells me to plug in the demnic device from hell, so I do and it happily tells me there are no drivers. So I tell it to search drive C [hafing only the single drive in the computer] and it still finds nothing. So I unplug the printer from hell and tell the program to finish with the plug and pray later option it helpfully offers. So I plug it in after the program finished, and it still cant find teh drivers. So I uninstall the drivers, reinstall and just go straight to the plug it in later option, plug it in after doing a computer restart. Still cant find a driver. Does anybody have any idea where i can get the damned drivers that actually work? I can deal with ISOs if I have to to get the disc…I was thinking of pirate bay, or some other file sharing network but I dont have any torrent type programs and I would rather not load one as I dont like sharing access to my computers… Otherwise, I will have to go out and buy a new printer ☹ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318/2 "2008-03-14T02:36:12Z")
Dumb question. You went to HP dot com and picked the right OS, right? I’ve always had success with them. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318/3 "2008-03-14T02:40:48Z")
[The HP website appears to contain all the necessary drivers](http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=501857) for almost any current OS Re-check that you have downloaded the exact driver set necessary for your OS. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318/4 "2008-03-14T02:59:21Z")
What is your computer’s O/S? Is your printer connected to your machine via a home network (wired or wireless), or directly hardwired via a USB or parallel cable? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318/5 "2008-03-14T09:59:07Z")
wincrap vista, picked the right OS, opted for the whole package not the stripped down one. Followed the directions exactly. There were no error messages when it was installing [other than once i followed the instructions and pluged in the printer and no drivers were found at all…I guess that is sort of an error message as the install obviously didnt work] and no matter where I searched using their little pop up do you want to search and where box. I just want the damned driver, I know I didnt specify the HP website, but in general when I need something I go to the correct website to get it. I did get it from the HP webpage. I used their little in site search for the specific model and got a generic 4100 ‘series’ driver. So, anybody actually happen to have the specific and correct driver or do i just toss it and buy a new printer? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hp-d4160-printer-drivers/441318/6 "2008-03-14T11:45:18Z")
Have you checked MS’s website? There’s some times fixes for the problems there.