Why don't you just order PowerPrint and be done with it? I'm currently using it on my 7300/200 (yes I know it's not a G3 but the situation is the same) and a Canon BJC-200e. You don't need to scrap your PC stuff each and every time you switch to Mac. PowerPrint also has parallel to USB cables available.
on 9/26/02 5:56 AM, Mark Benson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thursday, Sep 26, 2002, at 09:43 Europe/London, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> In a message dated 9/26/02 12:56:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >>>> Dear Colleagues, >>>> >>>> I am amazed that HP doesn't have drivers for my HP 6200C scanner nor >>>> my >> HP >>>> Inkjet 722 printer. Why? >>> >>> No offense, but...why are you asking us?? Ask HP. >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> The answer HP would probably give is that the money is on the PC side. >> And >> another excuse -- and this is my own surmise -- is that Apple's OS's >> are >> still too unpredictable to write software for Macs. Certainly when >> both the >> 6200 and 722 were marketed -- about 3-4 years ago, probably the >> advance info >> Apple probably made available to HP indicated that it didn't pay for >> HP to >> write software until 9 or X hit the market. > > 3 or 4 years is a long time in computing. This sort of thing constantly > annoys people who, at the time, shelled out a large amount of money for > hardware that was expensive at the time. Also I have been in the same > boat of switching from PC to Mac and having to replace a lot of my > hardware as it was not supported on the Mac. Companies, like HP, Epson > and the like, assume that the cheap price of modern inkjet & low-cost > laser printers and scanners means anyone can afford to go out and > replace their whole document processing to keep up with demand. > Personally I think it is a bad attitude for a company to have but it's > what is called, by the spin doctors in the industry, progress. I have > decided I am going to make a concerted effort to recycle old Mac > hardware and resell it to people who actually want it because I feel it > is a waste to keep throwing all this stuff away in the name of > 'progress'. Don't even get me started on HP's PC strategy.... -- "We're all on the same sinking ship; it's just some of us were volunteered to be the captains." -- anonymous "Put that in your pipe and smoke it!" -- Dr. Evil from Goldmember. -- -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
