New HP7525 install. In Device Manager, for the printer I opened the Properties. Then the DRIVER tab. It shows a date of 7/19/11 and a version of 26.0.0.0. Yet their web page for d/l for the latest driver shows version 28.8 and a date of 10/22/12?
Under CONTROL PANEL, PROGRAMS AND FEATURES the entry for the driver shows 28.0.1315.0?
So I called support, got the run around and was told the one on the web was for Win8.1 (which came out late this year) as it needed fixes.
GOT NOWHERE fast...
So what do I really have here? All three places, Device Manager, Control Panel Programs, and the web site (HP Driver d/l page) are different?
Running HP Update says I have the latest driver?
So I d/l the drive from the above link and try to install it, and I get Device Manager showing the SAME 26.0?
I know these drivers are self-extracting ZIP's so I unzip the EXE file. There is a README, and it has this in it, "Last updated: February 27, 2012". Many files are older than that, up to 10/2012 even.
Obviously can't be drivers specifically for the RELEASED W8.1 version at least?
One thing I've seen, the default power off is 2 hours of idle. That is NOT happening.
Very confusing. What IS correct? Data shown appears on both of our computers so it isn't probably a computer problem.