
You may have to do this a few times until it locks on to the port that the HP is assigned to.

Right click and select “Printer properties”.

Hit Control-Q to launch the search charm and type in “Devices and Printers”.So if that didn’t work, you may have to revisit step 8 and change the port. Give the printer a name, click next, accept any security warnings, etc.Select “HP LaserJet 1012 HB” and then click “Next”.Browse to the location you noted in Step 2 and click “Ok”.If you have more than one “DOT4_XXX” option make note that we may have to change something later. Select the radio button for “Use an existing port” and then select “DOT4_001” from the dropdown.Select the radio button for “Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings”.Skip the option for “My printer is a little older…help me find it” as that wont work. Click on “The printer that I want isn’t listed”.Hit Windows-Q to launch the search charm and type in “Devices and Printers”.Extract the ZIP archive and make a note of the location on your hard drive.We’ll use the Vista 64-bit version on Windows 10 with no issues. Download the Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit) driver for the HP LaserJet 1012.You’ll be able to see it in the device manager as an “unspecified device”, but you wont be able to print. Windows will try to install it and it will look like it’s installed but it wont actually work. Plug in the HP LaserJet 1012 via USB cable.Here’s how to install the HP LaserJet 1012 on Windows 10 Sure enough, it is! The instructions almost identical to installing on windows 8.1, but I’ve noted a few changes for Windows 10. I wrote a post a while back about getting the HP LaserJet 1012 installed on Windows 8.1 and a bunch of people asked if it was also possible to install it on Windows 10.
