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Q & A: Drivers for HP Scanners

HP ScanJet Drivers for Win98 Q: I own an HP ScanJet 4C, which is a discontinued model. Annoyingly, HP has stopped making the scanner drivers for this and other older models available for free on its website and now says that, if I want to use this model with Windows 98, I have to pay $40, plus $100 for a new SCSI card. Do I have any alternative? It used to work fine under Win95, but I want to upgrade to Win98.

HP PSC 500

All-in-one printer/scanner/copier Introduction Small business owners typically don't have enough need, money or desk space for dedicated scanning station and many have only occasional need for printing, copying and fax functions. But, when these tasks are required, it's important that the quality is there. Hence, HP is just one of several peripheral manufacturers tailoring all-in-one multifunction devices to the needs of these small business owners. Compatibility

HP ScanJet 7400C

SCSI, USB flatbed scanner handles pages and transparencies, too. Product: HP ScanJet 7400C color scanner From: Hewlett-Packard For: Windows PCs, Macintosh Street Price: About US$470

HP ScanJet 5470

2400-dpi letter-size scanner Product: HP ScanJet 5470 color scanner From: Hewlett-Packard Street Price: About $480 Pros: New CCD scanning technology combines up to 2400 dpi resolution and 8 second preview scan speed. Includes front-panel button controls, automatic document feeder and an adapter that scans multiple 35 mm negatives and slides. 8.5" x 12" flatbed. 48-bit colour. Parallel and USB connections. Automatic document feeder is optional.

Scanning Tips

Scanning Tips: Scanning, Viewing and Printing Ever wondered why the images you scan look much larger when you insert them into your email messages as attachments?

HP ScanJet 4470

48-bit scanner with transparency adapter Product: HP ScanJet 4470 color scanner From: Hewlett-Packard Street Price: C$299 (at this writing, the company offers a US$50 mail-in rebate program.) Pros: Excellent image quality. Front panel copy controls. Cons:  Scanned images tend to favour red; HP warns of compatibility glitches with Windows Me. Compatibility

Another Year, Another Mountain

Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. has announced an entire portfolio of personal printing and imaging products -- including next-generation thermal inkjet printers -- that constitutes its biggest printing/imaging roll-out ever. The new products, which refresh and in most cases supersede the lineup announced in 1998, provide home and small-business customers with a broad array of state-of-the-art printing and imaging products at virtually all price points and across all segments.

The Best Color Inkjets in Q1'00

Introduction Never before have consumers been able to buy so much printer for so little money. Take a look in almost any computer or office superstore, and you'll find printers for a few hundred dollars that produce strikingly high quality text and near-photographic images. In this article, we'll take a look at the leaders in the marketplace and examine the pros and cons of each. The Market Leaders

New Colour Photo Printers

New Colour Photo Printers released in Q1'00

OKI C7200n

Colour LED page printer Product: OKI C7200n (see also: other 7000 series models) From: OKI (www.thecolourofbusiness.com) For: Windows 3.x, 9x/NT/2000, Mac OS Price: C$5999 Pros: Single-pass colour. Fast (12 ppm) colour, 20 ppm mono; 600x1200 dpi; 64 MB up to 1024 MB; PCL 5c PS3; IEEE 1284 and USB 1.1; 10/100Base Ethernet card standard.

Epson Color Inkjets for 2001

The Market Epson has fallen to number three position in the inkjet market in Canada, with a 14% share, beating out Canon's 12% share, but far behind market leader HP and Lexmark, which hold 45% and 24%, respectively. To address this decline in its marketshare since last year, the company in May announced several new products, including a reformulated line of ink-jet paper, and new printer models. Paper and Inks

Lexmark Color Inkjets

Introduction The past year has seen some significant shifts in the inkjet printer marketplace. At the low end, rebate programs led to prices on inkjet printers that approached zero dollars as marketers took advantage of the fact that the real money is made in consumables. Meanwhile, true photo quality emerged at mid-range prices, as under-$400 units joined high-end models in achieving true photo quality, thanks to ever smaller print nozzles, delivering super-high resolutions of up to 2.9 million dots per square inch. The Market Leaders

“GuzzleJet” Printers

"Printer Cartridges Supplant PCs as Leading Retail Sales Generator"