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    Massive printer driver

    I just installed an HP Deskjet printer at home, I de-selected all the gumph but was still left with a driver that required 348Mb of disk space!

    WTF is that all about, why so much? Last time I installed a printer it wanted 5Mb max.
    Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson
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    #2
    They install a lot of tulip these days, the driver is still 5 MB or maybe even less - additional bloatware is far more though

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      #3
      Probably right. "Printer management suite" running in the background the whole time.
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins
      I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
      Originally posted by vetran
      Urine is quite nourishing

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        #4
        Not to mention popping up a warning message every time my laptop's switched on.
        Ahhh! Ahhh Panic!, no printer! Ahh! Ahh!

        It's a fscking laptop, the printer's five hundred miles away.

        Another reason why I'm never going to buy another HP printer.

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          #5
          HP? Start programs, tasks, IE addins, updates, undeletable directories in program files, loads of stuff in libraries, things in MS installer cleanup you can't identify. Never again.
          bloggoth

          If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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            #6
            On the disc that came with the printer or from their website, your should be able to download just the driver without all the other gumph.

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              #7
              Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
              I just installed an HP Deskjet printer at home, I de-selected all the gumph but was still left with a driver that required 348Mb of disk space!

              WTF is that all about, why so much? Last time I installed a printer it wanted 5Mb max.
              You can download a driver only variant which doesn't install all the crud that goes with it

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                Originally posted by ASB View Post
                You can download a driver only variant which doesn't install all the crud that goes with it
                I deselected everything but the driver, the HP site one was still 100Mb+.

                I like the manual duplexing though.
                Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                  #9
                  There's a big all in one HP jobby next to my desk at work. It doesn't half make a fuss when it's actually printing something.

                  Clank, whirr, shuffle, kerfuffle. Hey Look! It's Me At Work!

                  I use the non-HP printer in the hall instead

                  On another note, the worst Mac installation procedure I've come across in recent years was for a Lacie DVD burner. Presumably due to the LightScribe stuff, HP had got the job of authoring the installation disk and a real pile of cack it was. I ended up copying the lot to disk and modifying it to get it working. The drive itself is a nice piece of kit, but I wasn't surprised to see returns of that model sitting on the shelf the next time I was in any shop which sold them.
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
                    I deselected everything but the driver, the HP site one was still 100Mb+.

                    I like the manual duplexing though.
                    They do offer a so called 'basic print and scan driver'. So I went to check, and yes 125mb.

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