Hp Printer Prints Mirror Image From Vista Laptop

tbird93 · 05-10-2008, 03:29 PM

XPSP2 Home desktop with HP6540 printer connected by USB.
Toshiba Laptop with Vista Home Prem. SP1.
Computers are connected through Linksys WRT54GL router.

Laptop recognizes printer and prints. Only problem is you have to have a mirror to read. If you hold up to light and look through back side you can read it. This is just plain text. Install driver for printer on laptop, no difference. It's like it wants to print on the wrong side of the printer. Anyone every seen this before or have cure?

**Terrister** · 05-11-2008, 08:14 AM

Go into the printer properties and make sure it is not set to mirror image.

This feature is used to print iron ons for t-shirts.

tbird93 · 05-11-2008, 02:30 PM

Mirror image is unchecked. Printing software is installed on XP machine and is shared by Vista laptop. Nothing in properties to indicate why the laptop would print mirror. I installed the driver on laptop that was included with Vista. HP doesn't list any other driver on their website. Ay more ideas.

Thanks for your help.

**Terrister** · 05-11-2008, 04:36 PM

Sounds like a issue with the driver, but I did not see any updated Vista drivers for this model. Maybe someone else will know the answer.

rskmom · 03-16-2009, 02:52 PM

Hi, I had the same problem; my printer was set up as a network printer and though it printed fine for a few months, it started printing mirror image one day and I was unable to access printer preferences too. I spent 2 hours with tech support at hp (my laptop and printer were both hp) with no success. Then I found a tip on another forum. Try adding a new printer to your laptop and get the path to your network printer (example: \\mysys\printer1). Then choose add local printer printer and specify this address. Miraculously, my laptop found this printer and printed perfectly; I was able to access printer preferences and everything. Hope this works for you too!

05-10-2008, 03:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
tbird93 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southeastern US Posts: 23 OS: Win XP My System	Hp Printer Prints Mirror Image From Vista Laptop XPSP2 Home desktop with HP6540 printer connected by USB. Toshiba Laptop with Vista Home Prem. SP1. Computers are connected through Linksys WRT54GL router. Laptop recognizes printer and prints. Only problem is you have to have a mirror to read. If you hold up to light and look through back side you can read it. This is just plain text. Install driver for printer on laptop, no difference. It's like it wants to print on the wrong side of the printer. Anyone every seen this before or have cure? Last edited by tbird93; 05-10-2008 at 03:31 PM.

05-11-2008, 08:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: Hp Printer Prints Mirror Image From Vista Laptop Go into the printer properties and make sure it is not set to mirror image. This feature is used to print iron ons for t-shirts. __________________

05-11-2008, 02:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
tbird93 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southeastern US Posts: 23 OS: Win XP My System	Re: Hp Printer Prints Mirror Image From Vista Laptop Mirror image is unchecked. Printing software is installed on XP machine and is shared by Vista laptop. Nothing in properties to indicate why the laptop would print mirror. I installed the driver on laptop that was included with Vista. HP doesn't list any other driver on their website. Ay more ideas. Thanks for your help.

05-11-2008, 04:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: Hp Printer Prints Mirror Image From Vista Laptop Sounds like a issue with the driver, but I did not see any updated Vista drivers for this model. Maybe someone else will know the answer. __________________

03-16-2009, 02:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
rskmom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 OS: xp sp3, vista 64	Re: Hp Printer Prints Mirror Image From Vista Laptop Hi, I had the same problem; my printer was set up as a network printer and though it printed fine for a few months, it started printing mirror image one day and I was unable to access printer preferences too. I spent 2 hours with tech support at hp (my laptop and printer were both hp) with no success. Then I found a tip on another forum. Try adding a new printer to your laptop and get the path to your network printer (example: \\mysys\printer1). Then choose add local printer printer and specify this address. Miraculously, my laptop found this printer and printed perfectly; I was able to access printer preferences and everything. Hope this works for you too!