I've been bugging the HP LaserJet developer on this for a year now. I even
forward some of your mail (removing address's of course, but I don't think
they'd contact you).
HP wrote, tested, and confirmed functionality for the HP drivers included in
Vista.
--
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"Nana" <Nana@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Interesting. HP is content with the 6500 drivers and as long as Microsoft
> doesn't "push" the issue (since it IS a Vista issue) we will continue to
> have
> to manually print two-sided. I have had the same reply from 3 separate HP
> techs - use the 6500 drivers. Perhaps if Mr. Morris contacted HP, he
> would
> have better results than us poor users. If nothing else, it would save
> him
> the time of replying to the same question.
>
> Quite frankly, Vista has been an irritant since the day I started using
> it!
>
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> Nana wrote:
>>
>> > If I had wanted to manually print two-sided, I wouldn't have bought the
>> > duplexer - which worked before I started using Vista. I can't afford a
>> > new
>> > printer, so WHEN will a WORKING patch be available? The 6500 driver is
>> > no
>> > help is solving the upside down back page!
>>
>> As Mr. Morris told you, this is up to HP. They are the ones who write the
>> drivers for their hardware and *no one* else. I understand that you are
>> frustrated and irritated, but you should be focusing that frustration and
>> irritation where it belongs: on HP. Contact them.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS-MVP
>> Elephant Boy Computers
>> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> Don't Panic!
>>