I have an HP Photosmart 2700 [I forget the last 2 digits? Maybe a 2710?] Anyway, I LOVE the printer.. It is absolutely fantastic!! Well, calling it Just a printer, isn't right..Better to say, I love my Printer/Scanner/Copier
That you can put in a camera's memory stick in, to get the pictures directly That allows wireless or cabled connection to my PC or network.. That's a Better way to describe it :) It also come with a nice set of software to do Everything on it, nicely... I bought it when I couldn't get anyone to go up into my attic where my Brother had put my previous workhorse business type printer I had been using Until I moved from my back room to this front room, and anything that I had Not gotten my church help to move into here, my brother had his friend throw Into the attic.. I have SO much stuff up there I need, including a NICE $200ish headset and $140 heavy keyboard I need both of which now.. Ah well! The "2710 Photosmart does EVERYTHING I could think of, which I was looking For the best of the best replacement.. I have an older SCSI scanner also, That cost $1200 back in the days, when I was using SCSI, and I still would Have installed the $1300 SCSI card I bought into my current PC if it WA snot Put into the attic also so I couldn't get anyone to find or get it, But the 2710 does all that and more, and better too, although it is difficult for me To make myself believe that my old scanner could be replaced by anything.. I Was SO proud of that scanner.. :) So, look at the specs on the 2710 Photosmart, and if you can afford it, SPLURGE!! You will not regret it, later when you find yourself wanting Something that is can do :) Oh and HELLO EVERYONE!! I joined a LONG Time ago, but had a problem with Getting my email on my khumrich at pacbell dot net email address, except Online, although I even had problems there for the first 6 months, after my Old PC had a problem with windows and needed it reinstalled, costing me 4 Years of my files, which it ATE from the other partition which I had set to The MY Documents folder :((((( not happy... Ended up with a 0 bye folder That windows said it couldn't delete, when I thought it was useless and went To get rid of it.. So I am thinking maybe all my stuff it there in some form Under that 0 bye file on that partition, so am not using that hard drive, I Took it out of the PC :) hehe.. Heck 4 years of things I bought or got, is a LOT to just let go, and I cant afford to pay to get it recovered if even Possible.. So for not, it sits.. But am VERY happy to be back.. Am using a different email address, which I Can get to work :) Ken -------Original Message------- From: Anthony Q. Martin Date: 05/14/06 12:32:45 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Printer Recommendation Dear List: I have an HP Photosmart 1315 printer which works...it's good enough for What I need to print at home. However, I cannot get it to work on my main machine. In fact, I've Always had problems with this printer on this machine (gigabyte mobo). I Can use this printer on my laptop and on my ripping machine (which is Currently down due to some XP bootup issue) with no issues. I'd added Various USB powered hubs to my main machine, in addition to the ones Installed on the mobo. Right now I have over 10 usb connections on this Machine, but the HP printer software driver won't recognize the printer And thus won't install. I note that when I plug the printer cable into ANY usb port on this machine, the machine gives the characteristic beep Indicating a connection. But the software won't install. It doesn't Seem to make sense that the PC can see a USB device but the software Won't install. I'm feed up. Ready to drop coin.....what should I do? A friend Recently bought a HP printer that has wireless networking built In....that seems like an attractive option since I could make all of my PC print from it over the network. But I'm wondering if I should just Look at some other brand. I don't want to move to a new mobo at this Time as I don't feel the need to upgrade. Which printers should I look At? I'd rather not drop major bucks but I want something at least as Good as what I have now. It is possible to have too many USB ports on a machine? The latest one Is bus driven, BTW. It still doesn't work.
