The problem was that no one had ever heard of the HP 11311. A quick search on the nascent Google yielded nothing. HP’s official driver database listed the 1100 series, the 1300 series, but not this strange, hybrid beast. The chassis looked like a ruggedized 1320, but the internal memory was closer to a 1018. It had a USB-B port, a parallel port that seemed to hum with latent energy, and an Ethernet jack labeled “DO NOT USE.”
The manual revealed the truth.
The head of IT, a weary pragmatist named Arthur Pendelton, assigned the driver hunt to his newest recruit, a bright-eyed recent graduate named Maya. hp 11311 printer driver
In the autumn of 2007, the small, underfunded IT department of St. Jude’s College received a donation that felt like a curse wrapped in a blessing. A local law firm had upgraded its printers and, in a fit of uncharacteristic generosity, donated thirty identical HP LaserJet 11311 printers to the school. The problem was that no one had ever heard of the HP 11311