Ralph, Thanks. I appreciate that input. It provides some consolation that I'm not suffering alone!
Have a good one. Darryl In a message dated 7/3/2002 12:28:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Darryl, > > UNFORTUNATELY, as I found with my 970 printer, HP is not updating a number > of older printers with regard to drivers - in my case, the issue involved > Win2000. And a model close to your own my, as the old expression goes, can > give no cigar. Even some models with the same number but a different set > of features, given with some of the various letter extensions, can be > different enough to be a different printer entirely. > > In a number of cases, the older model was superseded by a more current > model, BUT different enough in internal workings so that the dirver for > the newer model will not work either properly or at all with the later > model unit. > > So you not finding a more current driver for your HP printer especially to > work with WinXP is not surprising from my recent experience as well. > > Am finding with the changes in technology going the way it is these days, > sometimes you have no choice, especially with a more recent operating > system, to either stick with the older OS or you end up having to get a > more current unit to get corrent drivers and/or software for the unit. > > It is amazing how many companies are not updating drivers and/or software > on older items to work with XP - in some cases the company is out of > business, or in others, it is not cost effective to do the update, since > they have since released a more current unit. > > Ralph > > > > > Linda, > Thanks, but I already did that. Surprisingly, they don't. The site > defaults > to a printer model similar to mine, but the driver doesn't do the job. > And, the HP tech help was, well....unhelpful. > > Any other ideas? > > Darryl ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
