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[Solved] Replacement fax,copy,scan software to replace HP

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fgl0153   02-03-2012 at 06:38:48 PM

I find it all over the WWW. HPProductassistant and marketresearch problems. Been around for years and it seems the only ones that know nothing about it is HP Support.

I USe XP SP3. Is there a replcement fax,copy,scan software software product I can use and get rid of HP's nonsense?

TIA

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PhilFrisbie   02-04-2012 at 12:46:41 AM

No, on Windows you are stuck with the HP software. However, Linux has good HP support. When I boot into Ubuntu I have full use of my HP all-in-one with no hassles.

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PhilFrisbie   02-04-2012 at 12:50:01 AM
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Also, if you have a computer that you only need printing you can install the print-only driver, and that is fairly hassle free. I print on my HP all-in-one from several PCs and an old Mac, and on the Windows XP machines I installed the print-only driver. If I need to scan I use my Windows 7 PC.

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fgl0153   02-04-2012 at 05:08:10 AM

PhilFrisbie wrote :

Also, if you have a computer that you only need printing you can install the print-only driver, and that is fairly hassle free. I print on my HP all-in-one from several PCs and an old Mac, and on the Windows XP machines I installed the print-only driver. If I need to scan I use my Windows 7 PC.



TKS Phil. It appears that HP has had this going on for some years now. Their Support people act as if they have never heard of it before. I did do a bare bones install and stand with that. But I would like to use digital fax etc. Seems HP should have fixed this by now.

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PhilFrisbie   02-05-2012 at 04:35:08 AM

Yes, HP's full drivers are fairly bloated! And on my XP machines they would sometimes crash during shutdown which was annoying; but the printer only drivers work great. . .

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