Hooking up a Deskjet 930C on USB in Windows98

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Willy G wrote:

>Hey, folks,
> Just put a new 40GB hard drive in my HP PC, and no longer have the
>printer driver for USB communications with my Deskjet 930C.
>Downloaded a driver off of HP's website, but the directions refer to
>hooking up the USB cable by following the directions on the Quick
>Start Poster, which is long gone.
> Anyone out there have the secret?

It's not a secret...try searching HP next time:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] g=en&cc=us

There you can download all the PDF documents for the 930c printer.

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Andrew Rossmann wrote:
> [This followup was posted to comp.periphs.printers and a copy was sent
> to the cited author.]
>
> In article <15f1642a.0411161853.51c830b6@posting.google.com>,
> wggarrett@comcast.net says...
>
>>Hey, folks,
>> Just put a new 40GB hard drive in my HP PC, and no longer have the
>>printer driver for USB communications with my Deskjet 930C.
>>Downloaded a driver off of HP's website, but the directions refer to
>>hooking up the USB cable by following the directions on the Quick
>>Start Poster, which is long gone.
>> Anyone out there have the secret? HP wants $30 + tax to help me out
>>(isn't that considerate?).
>
>
> It's real simple. Run the setup program you downloaded. At some point,
> it will tell you to plug in the printer. That's it.
>
> Just remember to NOT plug in the printer until the driver is
> installed. If you do it early, Windows can sometimes get confused.
>
It does more then get confused, it will install the windows default
version driver.

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Andrew Rossmann wrote:
> In article <mPQmd.11920$hc5.5704928@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>,
> tomcas@mjwebsitedesign.com says...
>
>>Andrew Rossmann wrote:
>>
>>>[This followup was posted to comp.periphs.printers and a copy was sent
>>>to the cited author.]
>>>
>>>In article <15f1642a.0411161853.51c830b6@posting.google.com>,
>>>wggarrett@comcast.net says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hey, folks,
>>>> Just put a new 40GB hard drive in my HP PC, and no longer have the
>>>>printer driver for USB communications with my Deskjet 930C.
>>>>Downloaded a driver off of HP's website, but the directions refer to
>>>>hooking up the USB cable by following the directions on the Quick
>>>>Start Poster, which is long gone.
>>>> Anyone out there have the secret? HP wants $30 + tax to help me out
>>>>(isn't that considerate?).
>>>
>>>
>>> It's real simple. Run the setup program you downloaded. At some point,
>>>it will tell you to plug in the printer. That's it.
>>>
>>> Just remember to NOT plug in the printer until the driver is
>>>installed. If you do it early, Windows can sometimes get confused.
>>>
>>
>>It does more then get confused, it will install the windows default
>>version driver.
>
>
> The original poster was using Win98. I don't think it came with
> support for the 9xx series. I think Win2K and then WinME were the first
> with basic drivers.
>
Good catch Andrew, I missed that. Do you know if there is a list
available somewhere that shows what printer drivers were included in 98SE?