Today, Michael Solomon made these interesting comments ...
> RD wrote:
>> I have just purchased a new desktop with Vista. When trying
>> to install the printer driver to my HP 750 it automatically
>> selects HP750xi. On text it does not matter but it is
>> reeking havok with graphics. I just want to select the HP
>> 750 off the driver list without Vista "automatically"
>> selecting the wrong driver. Can anyone help?
>
> This is the HP PSC 750?
>
> At the HP website for drivers for this printer is the
> following: Using the advanced printer functions
> You might find that some of the advanced features are no
> longer available when using this basic driver. You can upgrade
> to an HP product that is fully compatible with Windows Vista
> if the advanced features are necessary. To help you decide
> what product to upgrade to, the following tool will be helpful
> as you make your decision:
> http://www.hp.com/support/hho/productreplacement
>
> I know that's not the solution you are seeking but it appears
> that HP is not fully supporting this model printer in Vista
> and from the information above it appears they will not be
> coming with full featured drivers for this unit. What I can
> say is this, you can likely find a new printer to handle all
> such functions properly for not much more than the cost of
> replacing the ink once or twice. If you do decide to replace
> the printer, check the manufacturer's website to be sure there
> are full featured Vista drivers available for the model you
> select.
>
This is the type of thing that'll keep me from going to Vista for
awhile. I have an old wide-carriage HP 1220C that still works
great for prints up to 13" x 19" and a year-old Canon Pixma 6000
which is a truly outstanding photo printer for my car pictures.
If I were sentenced to go with Vista, I know my old HP would be
toast as HP stopped supporting it after it released its XP driver
some years ago. I assume Canon has a Vista driver or will
eventually, since the Pixma family is still expanding and AFAIK
all use the same basic driver.
I understand that people buying a new PC right now are pretty
well forced into getting Vista but for them who're voluntarily
beta testing with their Visa cards, it would seem to be very good
advice to check on available drivers for legacy hardware.
Another old piece of HW that still works fine for me is a legal
size MicroTek ScanMaker 4. I actually use the Win 98SE software
for it, which works fine, because MicroTek took out a couple of
features I use in its XP version. But, this scanner is of the
same 1996 or so vintage as my old HP printer. Yeah, I need to pop
for a new scanner and pick up speed and quality but I'll face
that problem next year when I get my next PC built which will
have Vista on it.
--
HP, aka Jerry
Linear Mode
