
Venerable and functional it may be but the 710c is a very old printer and although it may work if set up right is notsupported on Windows 7. Unfortunately it is highly likely they would not be available for Windows 7.The spec of the Printer does not show USB so have you got a USB to Parallel converter, In which case that is going to need drivers itself.

Do you have an expansion card into which you plugging in the printer. If not actually needed the lack of drivers for this specific device would have no effect on the systemThe specification also says nothing about a parallel port (Lpt1). However it does have an Intel Management Engine interface for which the drivers should be.If you read the driver page it informs that if these drivers are not installed it shows as missing drivers for a Simple Communications controller.To be clear serial ports are legacy devices and seldom used today. Browser - Google Chrome 10+, Internet Explorer (IE)10.0+, and Firefox 3.6.x, 12.The basic board spec shows it does not have a Serial port.Browser - Google Chrome 10+, Internet Explorer (IE)10.0+, and Firefox 3.6.x, 12.0+.Operating System - Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10.Remove "HP Support Solutions Framework" through Add/Remove programs on PC.

HP Support Solutions Framework - Windows Service, localhost Web server, and Software.This tool will detect HP PCs and HP printers. Note: This tool applies to Microsoft Windows PC's only. Technical data is gathered for the products supported by this tool and is used to identify products, provide relevant solutions and automatically update this tool, to improve our products, solutions, services, and your experience as our customer. This product detection tool installs software on your Microsoft Windows device that allows HP to detect and gather data about your HP and Compaq products to provide quick access to support information and solutions.
