Installing software for HP Scanjet 6300c on Vista Home Pre..

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 22:55:51 +0100, "bhk" <unvalid.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake.TakeThisOut@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:t3r694p75e46oidt3pmpenqjc08iak53gg@4ax.com...
> > On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:16:32 -0700, "Steve Turner"
> > <stevezygote.TakeThisOut@telus.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, John. They have the old driver on line for download but they state
> >> that
> >> they no longer support the item for Vista. Hurrumph!
> >
> >
> > Just to try to clarify the situation, this has nothing to do with
> > Vista in particular. This can be a problem whenever you have an older
> > peripheral device and you change from any operating system to a newer
> > one. The responsibility to write the necessary drivers is that of the
> > hardware manufacturer, not Microsoft. Each manufacturer makes it own
> > decisions about what new drivers it wants to incur the cost of
> > writing. In many cases, manufacturers will unfortunately decide that
> > it doesn't make economic sense to write a new driver for an older
> > piece of hardware.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
> What you say is very true, however, I do have a HP Deskjet 510 (first bought
> in 1992) working quite happily on Vista home premium using generic MS
> drivers!


Good, glad to hear it. But consider yourself lucky.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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"John Barnett MVP" <freelance RemoveThis @invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>I have an HP PSC 1215 printer which, although HP did make a Vista
>compatible driver, actually doesn't print correctly when connect to Vista.
>What actually happens is that, when printing, if you image the word having
>an imaginary horizontal line in the middle of the word, the top half of
>which is slightly offset to the left, you will see my problem. This happens
>in most instances. But it doesn't happen with Windows XP. Yes HP have tried
>to sort it out, but they never found a solution.
>
> Now because I knew the printer worked fine on XP and I also had a full
> copy of XP available, my workaround was to install virtual machine
> software (Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 is free) install XP to the VM software
> and then install the printer. That solved my problem. Okay I will buy a
> another printer when I get round to it, but this one is only 2 years old.
> Don't want to be too hasty, anyway just in case, after I buy my new
> printer, HP decide not to create drivers for Windows 7 when that is
> released.

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What you write here really piqued my interest. I downloaded it, havent'
installed it yet. But the specs don't say Vista Home Premium. I noticed that
omission. So I'm wondering whether having Home Premium precludes my using
it. Great idea though!