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From: AZ Nomad on 15 Feb 2010 18:38
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:30:04 -0500, David H. Lipman <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>From: "Brent" <beemdoubleu(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid>

>| On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:37:27 -0800, Ron wrote:
>>> A later poster mentioned potential problems with download managers.

>| Hi Ron,

>| My download problem on the HP driver site http://www.hp.com/support/lj3200
>| seems to only be on my side so I agree, my many download managers may be
>| getting in the way (mostly for downloading Utube and Flash FLV videos and
>| then stripping out the audio into MP3 files).

>| But it turns out to be a red herring because Warren Block's URL shows me
>| that NOBODY can get the TWAIN drivers for their HP scanner/printer from the
>| HP support site!
>| http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+
>| 1266179829676+28353475&threadId=950340

>| Trying every single torrent and rapidshare in that thread, this one finally
>| worked on the 3rd try to download the original HP TWAIN drivers in a 271
>| Mbyte zip file.
>| http://s197185871.onlinehome.us/hpdownloads/

>| One problem is these TWAIN drivers are from 2000 and my printer was bought
>| new in 2001 for $650 (which was a lot of money for a B&W printer in those
>| days) but at least the scan2pdf freeware now recognizes the scanner!

>| I don't yet have the scanning to PDF working but I'm hoping I can report it
>| working soon.

>| In hind sight, if I had known how impossible it is to obtain HP drivers, I
>| would have put the original HP CDROM in a safety deposit box so that it
>| could be used after multiple PCs and moves occurred since 2001.

>| Lesson learned!

>There 'ya go.

>That 270MB installer is the complete package to allow the OS to scan and print.
>There is NO reason to go into the BIOS, you problem is purely a software problem realted
>to your HP hardware.

Of course 250MB of that is for dancing bunny animated graphics. Even 20MB is
overkill for the functionality provided.
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