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From: IGot2P on 24 Dec 2009 19:37
Running it as a wired network printer and having problems after going to
the driver that comes with Windows 7. If I try to print 8.5 by 11 (or
probably any other size) borderless the printer comes up an says that
the paper is too small. In short, if I choose Borderless photo 8.5 by 11
photo paper it shows that they size will be 11.14 by 8.73 thus the
printer thinks my normal 8.5 by 11 is too small.

If anyone has this combination of printer and OS please give it a try
and post the results.

Happy Holidays,

Don
From: IGot2P on 26 Dec 2009 12:51
On 12/24/2009 6:37 PM, IGot2P wrote:
> Running it as a wired network printer and having problems after going to
> the driver that comes with Windows 7. If I try to print 8.5 by 11 (or
> probably any other size) borderless the printer comes up an says that
> the paper is too small. In short, if I choose Borderless photo 8.5 by 11
> photo paper it shows that they size will be 11.14 by 8.73 thus the
> printer thinks my normal 8.5 by 11 is too small.
>
> If anyone has this combination of printer and OS please give it a try
> and post the results.
>
> Happy Holidays,
>
> Don

Okay, for some unknown reason it will now print but......if you print
borderless 13" by 19" it leaves about .2" on one end and one side blank.
All in all, the Windows 7 driver sucks!
From: David Rance on 26 Dec 2009 17:35
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 IGot2P wrote:

>> Running it as a wired network printer and having problems after going to
>> the driver that comes with Windows 7. If I try to print 8.5 by 11 (or
>> probably any other size) borderless the printer comes up an says that
>> the paper is too small. In short, if I choose Borderless photo 8.5 by 11
>> photo paper it shows that they size will be 11.14 by 8.73 thus the
>> printer thinks my normal 8.5 by 11 is too small.
>>
>> If anyone has this combination of printer and OS please give it a try
>> and post the results.
>
>Okay, for some unknown reason it will now print but......if you print
>borderless 13" by 19" it leaves about .2" on one end and one side
>blank. All in all, the Windows 7 driver sucks!

Isn't this always the way when Microsoft bring out a new OS? HP update
the "fully featured drivers" to the new OS but they are usually just
basic drivers and not fully featured at all, thus forcing one either to
buy a new printer or downgrade to the previous OS.

That's a good reason for me not upgrading XP for a good long time! I've
got an HP 8750 and I want to keep all the features

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
http://rance.org.uk

From: Ato_Zee on 26 Dec 2009 17:56

On 26-Dec-2009, David Rance <david.rance(a)SPAMOFFrance.org.uk> wrote:

> Isn't this always the way when Microsoft bring out a new OS? HP update
> the "fully featured drivers" to the new OS but they are usually just
> basic drivers and not fully featured at all, thus forcing one either to
> buy a new printer or downgrade to the previous OS.

MS are in league with printer mfr's to get perfectly good printers
to landfill, corporate buyers just replace, home users have to
buy new if they want the full functionality that they had with their
previous OS.
MS we don't write drivers, that's the mfr's responsibility.
Mfr's "We won't waste effort writing drivers for printers we no
longer sell. Go and buy a new one."
Funny how MS have never released a compatibilty mode
for drivers, while Linux drives practically anything ever produced,
ancient or modern.
From: Ian D on 27 Dec 2009 21:37

"IGot2P" <don(a)crsales.com> wrote in message
news:hh5if7$847$1(a)news.netins.net...
> On 12/24/2009 6:37 PM, IGot2P wrote:
>> Running it as a wired network printer and having problems after going to
>> the driver that comes with Windows 7. If I try to print 8.5 by 11 (or
>> probably any other size) borderless the printer comes up an says that
>> the paper is too small. In short, if I choose Borderless photo 8.5 by 11
>> photo paper it shows that they size will be 11.14 by 8.73 thus the
>> printer thinks my normal 8.5 by 11 is too small.
>>
>> If anyone has this combination of printer and OS please give it a try
>> and post the results.
>>
>> Happy Holidays,
>>
>> Don
>
> Okay, for some unknown reason it will now print but......if you print
> borderless 13" by 19" it leaves about .2" on one end and one side blank.
> All in all, the Windows 7 driver sucks!

What happens if you use the Vista driver?


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