The HP drivers site indicates that a Win7 driver is available from Microsoft but is apparently not on the installation disk(s) and must be downloaded from Microsoft via "Windows Update." This (according to HP) requires an internet connection during installation of the printer, and the updater looks for "anything that needs a driver" and downloads it as part of the update.

HP also appears to say that the Win7 driver supports only "basic printing" and that most of the fancy features on the printer won't work with any available driver. There does NOT APPEAR to be a full-function driver for this printer for connection to a Win7 computer.

Option 1, if you can confirm that the driver is a download from Microsoft, would be to go directly to Microsoft rather than to HP. Microsoft is better(?) at providing "service downloads" that allow you to download an installer to use on multiple machines. If you can get the "whole kit" downloaded to your internet connected machine, you could move the installer/driver via a flash drive or external HD from one computer to another. This may take some research with Microsoft.

Option 2 would be to look for another (fairly cheap?) printer that does have a full-function Win7 driver that uses the same ink cartridges you have. Your cartridges are likely "older styles" so it may not be possible to find a current printer that still uses them, but they're not really anything "special." Since the printer only has one black and one color cartridge, it's unlikely it's what is now considered a "photo quality" printer, but you'll have to look at your options to see if this is a reasonable thing to do.

Your ink cartridges may show what printers they work with on the packaging - or not. If it's not on the packaging, the display at any local retailer may give you some clues.

Since any of my 5 printers are about $70 - $140 for a single full "refill" the hundred dollars worth of ink sounds pretty trivial, although your usage may make it more significant to you. The newer printers, if you get one of the slightly better lines, use much less ink, with per page costs comparable to b/w lasers, so an upgrade may save you more than your $100 over the life of a "fairly good" replacement printer, although it can be hard to get the numbers before you buy. The cheapest printers continue to be "the printer's free but we'll get ya on the ink."

As a side note, you should look at the HP Product Recall for this printer. Some, but not all, power cords used on it have been recalled and you might be able to get a free replacement.

John