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Re: [LUG] "Stuff Just Works In Windows" ?

 

Yeah HP drivers are bundled in a ginormous .exe with a crapload of
apps, especially if its a 3-in 1 like this one is. If you tell it 'Its
not connected yet, don't search' the exe terminates and no printer is
installed. If you connect, it waits for windows to do its thing
finding the printer, installing the drivers, and then continues. I
presume while its running it hosts the drivers in a temp folder and
deletes this folder on exit.

If you try and use the windows list of drivers even on the XP machine
which has been using it locally, it shows earlier versions but not
this specific model. [Have disk] cant find the drivers because they
are locked up in that .exe

Oh yeah, and another thing. There are 2 variants of this driver. Net
and NoNet. Vista and Win7 drivers are NoNet. I think this may be
related to why it stops mid-send when using it with the printserver.

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