Photosmart P1000 and Windows Vista

Hi,

I decided to dual boot the new Windows Vista Beta 2 (32bit) along side my
Windows XP. It's actually going much better than I would have thought. The
only real thorn in my side is the use of my printer... which is now the only
reason I boot to XP. I tried using the provided Vista drivers for the
DeskJet 930 series and they kind of work. Word has difficulty properly
rendering margins and spacing. I was wondering if any of you out there know
of a better solution?

Thanks

Dave


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"Daibidh" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi,
>
> I decided to dual boot the new Windows Vista Beta 2 (32bit) along side my
> Windows XP. It's actually going much better than I would have thought.
> The only real thorn in my side is the use of my printer... which is now
> the only reason I boot to XP. I tried using the provided Vista drivers
> for the DeskJet 930 series and they kind of work. Word has difficulty
> properly rendering margins and spacing. I was wondering if any of you out
> there know of a better solution?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
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>
Could you tell about missing features compared to the XP drivers? I have
experience with a DJ510 under win95 and XP; there were only the drivers
provided with Windows, and the XP ones were finally unbearable(e.g. in
300dpi mode text was fine, but graphics(even on the same page) were scaled
down to probably 150dpi, looking like a FAX print.)
So i tossed the printer for a 3820(dj9xx compatible) mainly for drivers
<--another candidate for the bin?



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"Corvus" <> wrote in message
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> Could you tell about missing features compared to the XP drivers? I have
> experience with a DJ510 under win95 and XP; there were only the drivers
> provided with Windows, and the XP ones were finally unbearable(e.g. in
> 300dpi mode text was fine, but graphics(even on the same page) were scaled
> down to probably 150dpi, looking like a FAX print.)
> So i tossed the printer for a 3820(dj9xx compatible) mainly for drivers
> <--another candidate for the bin?

Corvis,

Since The PhotoSmart P1000 is relatively old, I really don't have much hope
Vista drivers will be developed for it. I do think driver development for
the "reasonable" lifetime of a product is a HUGE selling point. It's my
belief that HP lags behind several of its competitors in that regard. I did
send an email to the HP executive team expressing my views. I recommend
anyone who has some constructive feedback on anything HP to do the same.

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/email/hurd/index.html

My experience so far? Well, Windows Vista is still in beta. Remember how
slow HP was at getting XP drivers? I think they waited until the final code
was released before they started driver development. I can only assume it
was cheaper that way but it certainly impacted their consumers having to
wait weeks and sometimes months. We'll see what they do this time around.
Vista is apparently similar enough to Windows XP to allow some things.. i.e.
Logitech Webcams, etc... to use Windows XP drivers right in Vista so maybe
we'll only have to wait for a slight tweak on HP's end.

I figured out my complaints were actually things I could adjust on my end.
The DeskJet 930 series drivers do work nicely with my PhotoSmart. I don't
notice any degradation in photo print quality, margins and spacing is now
correct (duh! my bad), I don't have use of the built-in CompactFlash card
reader but that's OK. It was always painfully slow anyways. No HP
toolbox.... ink level monitor... just plain Jane printing. I haven't
noticed other missing features yet, so in the mean time, I'm satisfied.

Dave



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"Daibidh" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> "Corvus" <> wrote in message
> news:44b4fd0a$0$29728$.. .
>
>> Could you tell about missing features compared to the XP drivers? I have
>> experience with a DJ510 under win95 and XP; there were only the drivers
>> provided with Windows, and the XP ones were finally unbearable(e.g. in
>> 300dpi mode text was fine, but graphics(even on the same page) were
>> scaled down to probably 150dpi, looking like a FAX print.)
>> So i tossed the printer for a 3820(dj9xx compatible) mainly for drivers
>> <--another candidate for the bin?
>
> Corvis,
>
> Since The PhotoSmart P1000 is relatively old, I really don't have much
> hope Vista drivers will be developed for it. I do think driver
> development for the "reasonable" lifetime of a product is a HUGE selling
> point. It's my belief that HP lags behind several of its competitors in
> that regard. I did send an email to the HP executive team expressing my
> views. I recommend anyone who has some constructive feedback on anything
> HP to do the same.
>
> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/email/hurd/index.html
>
> My experience so far? Well, Windows Vista is still in beta. Remember how
> slow HP was at getting XP drivers? I think they waited until the final
> code was released before they started driver development. I can only
> assume it was cheaper that way but it certainly impacted their consumers
> having to wait weeks and sometimes months. We'll see what they do this
> time around. Vista is apparently similar enough to Windows XP to allow
> some things.. i.e. Logitech Webcams, etc... to use Windows XP drivers
> right in Vista so maybe we'll only have to wait for a slight tweak on HP's
> end.
>
> I figured out my complaints were actually things I could adjust on my end.
> The DeskJet 930 series drivers do work nicely with my PhotoSmart. I don't
> notice any degradation in photo print quality, margins and spacing is now
> correct (duh! my bad), I don't have use of the built-in CompactFlash card
> reader but that's OK. It was always painfully slow anyways. No HP
> toolbox.... ink level monitor... just plain Jane printing. I haven't
> noticed other missing features yet, so in the mean time, I'm satisfied.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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"Daibidh" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> "Corvus" <> wrote in message
> news:44b4fd0a$0$29728$.. .
>
>> Could you tell about missing features compared to the XP drivers? I have
>> experience with a DJ510 under win95 and XP; there were only the drivers
>> provided with Windows, and the XP ones were finally unbearable(e.g. in
>> 300dpi mode text was fine, but graphics(even on the same page) were
>> scaled down to probably 150dpi, looking like a FAX print.)
>> So i tossed the printer for a 3820(dj9xx compatible) mainly for drivers
>> <--another candidate for the bin?
>
> Corvis,
>
> Since The PhotoSmart P1000 is relatively old, I really don't have much
> hope Vista drivers will be developed for it. I do think driver
> development for the "reasonable" lifetime of a product is a HUGE selling
> point. It's my belief that HP lags behind several of its competitors in
> that regard. I did send an email to the HP executive team expressing my
> views. I recommend anyone who has some constructive feedback on anything
> HP to do the same.
>
> http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/email/hurd/index.html
>
> My experience so far? Well, Windows Vista is still in beta. Remember how
> slow HP was at getting XP drivers? I think they waited until the final
> code was released before they started driver development. I can only
> assume it was cheaper that way but it certainly impacted their consumers
> having to wait weeks and sometimes months. We'll see what they do this
> time around. Vista is apparently similar enough to Windows XP to allow
> some things.. i.e. Logitech Webcams, etc... to use Windows XP drivers
> right in Vista so maybe we'll only have to wait for a slight tweak on HP's
> end.
>
> I figured out my complaints were actually things I could adjust on my end.
> The DeskJet 930 series drivers do work nicely with my PhotoSmart. I don't
> notice any degradation in photo print quality, margins and spacing is now
> correct (duh! my bad), I don't have use of the built-in CompactFlash card
> reader but that's OK. It was always painfully slow anyways. No HP
> toolbox.... ink level monitor... just plain Jane printing. I haven't
> noticed other missing features yet, so in the mean time, I'm satisfied.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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>
No ink level monitor? Calibration also missing? And we don´t need to talk
about printing multiple pages per sheet, print preview etc? They turn the
printer into a piece of trash!



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"Corvus" <> wrote in message

> No ink level monitor? Calibration also missing? And we don´t need to talk
> about printing multiple pages per sheet, print preview etc? They turn the
> printer into a piece of trash!

*laughing*

Well, my print jobs are pretty straight forward. With exception of the ink
level monitor, I can reasonably do without but I hear what you are saying.
I hope HP comes through and provides proper support for their legacy
printers. Unfortunately, it's been a very long time since HP really shined
in that area. Still, I'll wait and see. Beta is... well, beta.

Dave


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