{"id":35,"date":"2010-01-14T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=35"},"modified":"2012-12-04T10:42:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T10:42:03","slug":"hp-designjet-500-and-windows-7-yes-it-does-work-even-without-the-hpgl2-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"HP DesignJet 500 and Windows 7: Yes it does work even without the HPGL2 card!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated (04\/12\/2012)<\/strong>: To include information about how to get the 450c to work with Windows 8 after a conversation with @AlbanyDriver<\/a>\u00a0on twitter. \u00a0 I\u00a0also think this technqiue will probably work for Windows 8 as well.<\/p>\n

Updated (22\/June\/2012): <\/strong>
\nUpdated (08\/May\/2010):<\/strong> this post was partially rewritten to\u00a0clarify\u00a0which file you should download.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unbelievably this is the most popular post on my blog, I honestly get 1000+ hits a month just on this page. \u00a0 If you like it and have more to add please send me a message or add a comment below. \u00a0 Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Okay this is a quick one, if you have a HP DesignJet 500 without that HPGL2 card<\/strong> and want to upgrade to Windows 7 (or 8<\/em>) or have done so and can’t seem to get it to work, try the following.<\/p>\n

We use our HP DesignJet for all things GIS and AutoCAD so it’s important we have this working!<\/p>\n

You may have noticed that HP only has Windows 7 drivers for the DJ500 with the <\/em>HPGL2 card in the driver package called either:<\/p>\n