Using XP/ hate new drivers for my printers and plotters

[laura51]

I have two different printer/plotters hooked to my new computer that has XP
on it. I don't like the new drivers for my HP DesignJet 2500cp because the
print window doesn't give me custom size options. HP can't help. Can
Microsoft?

I would rather take XP home off this new machine and put Win98 back on. The
print/cut window were so user friendly back then.

Help.

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

"laura51" > wrote in message
...
| I have two different printer/plotters hooked to my new computer that has
XP
| on it. I don't like the new drivers for my HP DesignJet 2500cp because
the
| print window doesn't give me custom size options. HP can't help. Can
| Microsoft?
|
| I would rather take XP home off this new machine and put Win98 back on.
The
| print/cut window were so user friendly back then.
|
| Help.

If this is a driver issue, it's HP that's responsible; in a lot of instances
they decided not to produce XP drivers for older printers. This means that
you either use the cripple that's available, get a new device, or revert to
the previous OS.

[MAO]

Most 98 users don't realize that XP/NT/W2K do not support custom sizes in
the same manner as W98. On XP you must define custom sizes in the Printers
and Faxes->File->Server Properties->Forms tab. Then the driver must support
the custom size or the size will not show in the applications list. I also
think this is a limitation in the NT based systems. I asked a MS
representative why they did it this way and their answer didn't really make
sense. But, it's their software so what can you do.
Good luck


"laura51" > wrote in message
...
>I have two different printer/plotters hooked to my new computer that has XP
> on it. I don't like the new drivers for my HP DesignJet 2500cp because
> the
> print window doesn't give me custom size options. HP can't help. Can
> Microsoft?
>
> I would rather take XP home off this new machine and put Win98 back on.
> The
> print/cut window were so user friendly back then.
>
> Help.

[laura51]

I need to be able to set the size because when I want to run a small sample
of the print, I want to be able to check colors. In the old print window (98
OS) I could specify 5" x 36" (36" printer), run a color sample and if it
wasn't right, I would roll the paper back into the machine, adjust colors and
run it again.

The 2nd time that I ran a sample, the PRINT PREVIEW window allowed me to
click on the image and move it over so that it wouldn't print right over the
sample that I just did. When you are using papers that can run a couple of
hundred dollars for a small roll, you want to conserve as much paper as
possible.


I've accidently posted this twice...sorry.