The firmware is dated 2003. I thought I bought it in 2006, but perhaps earlier.
I was looking at toner cartridge specs - HP give a sealed shelf life of 2.5 years, and 6 months once opened.
Reckon I'm doing well there.
Just tried to get an ancient parallel port HP Inkjet 720c running on my sister's new Win 7 64bit laptop using a usb to parallel adapter cable. The printer is recognised, drivers are installed automatically but it just won't print.
The job appears fleetingly on the print queue and vanishes into cyberspace. No errors, nothing; just no printing.
So she went to Tesco and bought a new HP Allinone wireless printer/scanner for about £35. Amazing value.
It worked instantly via usb, and wirelessly after just a few moments to sort out the MAC address for wireless security.
(Added - hmm - just a thought - the security setup was on her router - so that the printer can connect to her network.
Wonder if the neighbours can see the printer and print to it? All her neighbours have networks).
Cheers,
Peter