HP Photosmart c7280 Driver Download for Windows 7

HP Photosmart c7280 is an all-in-one printer which is a combo between a fax, a scanner and a copier for your office needs. Installing this inkjet printer to Windows 7, especially when you are trying to connect the printer to your laptop sometimes make a problem. Apparently the problem is caused by the incompatibility between Windows 7 and the HP Photosmart c7280 driver, which is only for XP and Vista. There is also a message saying, ”your operating system doesn’t compatible with vista or XP.” You can try our workaround to this problem to get your printer working on Win 7, just read ahead.

Update: HP recently has released driver for Windows 7, so you might want to have a look too before using our methods.

Download HP Photosmart c7280 Drivers

Windows 7 64-bit here
Windows 7 32-bit here
Windows Vista 32-bit here
Windows Vista 64-bit here
Windows XP here

If the Windows 7 driver doesn’t work, you need to download the one for Win XP or Vista. Try following these steps after you have downloaded the drivers:

Change the compatibility of the exe file to “Vista with service pack 2″
Run it as Administrator
Change the sub-directory (c:\Program Files\HP) Security setting for group users to have all access.

This should resolve your problem on installing HP Photosmart c7280 on Windows 7.

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