Shall we expect that HP will have drivers/softwares for their AIO products on Vista release?

Try this:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...ctID=c00808536

DCR


"Kirk" <syngyn@charter.net> wrote in message
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|I think the question should be, which products will HP provide drivers for.
| There are so many different HP products out there that would require updated
| drivers that I doubt seriously that all will be updateable. I've got an
| OfficeJet 7210 that is about a year old (which I have working, more or less)
| and I wonder if they will even go back that far. No one knows but the
| Shadow and he ain't talking.
|
|
| "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
| news:E75B10CD-A9DB-4B83-BF76-8951570A0A7D@microsoft.com...
| > Judging by their past history and their absolute silence on software and
| > drivers for their printers so far...... Shall we expect that they will
| > provide drivers when Vista is released (or shortly afterwards) at all? I
| > am concerned that when Vista is released, HP's stance will change to
| > something like "Vista has just been released and our developers needs time
| > to develop drivers/software on the new platform....."
| >
| > That would really sucks and will be a load of cr@p........
| >
| > Nobody is even talking remotely about a beta now which really concerns me
| > that the above is going to happen.........
|

In most cases, the Windows 2003 or XP printer driver will work OK under
Vista.

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Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
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It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> Judging by their past history and their absolute silence on software and
> drivers for their printers so far...... Shall we expect that they will
> provide drivers when Vista is released (or shortly afterwards) at all? I
> am concerned that when Vista is released, HP's stance will change to
> something like "Vista has just been released and our developers needs time
> to develop drivers/software on the new platform....."
>
> That would really sucks and will be a load of cr@p........
>
> Nobody is even talking remotely about a beta now which really concerns me
> that the above is going to happen.........

Drivers or full functional software, scanning, faxing etc...??

"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

> In most cases, the Windows 2003 or XP printer driver will work OK under
> Vista.
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:E75B10CD-A9DB-4B83-BF76-8951570A0A7D@microsoft.com...

> > Judging by their past history and their absolute silence on software and
> > drivers for their printers so far...... Shall we expect that they will
> > provide drivers when Vista is released (or shortly afterwards) at all? I
> > am concerned that when Vista is released, HP's stance will change to
> > something like "Vista has just been released and our developers needs time
> > to develop drivers/software on the new platform....."
> >
> > That would really sucks and will be a load of cr@p........
> >
> > Nobody is even talking remotely about a beta now which really concerns me
> > that the above is going to happen.........

>

That woudl depend on the particular make and model - some will, some won't -
for some, some devices, some functions may work while others don't/

Unfortunately, as when Windows XP was introduced, we're at the mercy of the
manufacturers/vendors..

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"AP123" <AP123@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Drivers or full functional software, scanning, faxing etc...??
>
> "Bruce Sanderson" wrote:
>

>> In most cases, the Windows 2003 or XP printer driver will work OK under
>> Vista.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>>
>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>>
>> "mlai" <mlai@community.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:E75B10CD-A9DB-4B83-BF76-8951570A0A7D@microsoft.com...

>> > Judging by their past history and their absolute silence on software
>> > and
>> > drivers for their printers so far...... Shall we expect that they will
>> > provide drivers when Vista is released (or shortly afterwards) at all?
>> > I
>> > am concerned that when Vista is released, HP's stance will change to
>> > something like "Vista has just been released and our developers needs
>> > time
>> > to develop drivers/software on the new platform....."
>> >
>> > That would really sucks and will be a load of cr@p........
>> >
>> > Nobody is even talking remotely about a beta now which really concerns
>> > me
>> > that the above is going to happen.........

>>