SUCCESS! Thanks for all the brainstorming everybody. I finally got it figured out, thanks mainly to what Bruce said. He suggested swapping the Colorsync profiles from the G4 that was getting the correct colors from the scanner to the G4 that wasn't. Well, that didn't work, actually---I did it, and the G4 MDD still came up with weird colors in the scans. However, Bruce also said that the HP Uninstaller (remember I kept throwing the scanner software off the drive and reinstalling it again, hoping it would fix it) might not be uninstalling ALL the HP software each time I did it. And he was right.
Even after the Uninstaller supposedly removed all the HP Photosmart software, I did a Finder search on "HP," and sure enough there were still HP Photosmart folders and files scattered all throughout the System Library, in folders such as Application Support and Printers. I rooted out and trashed every one of them. Then, just for good measure, I went to the Preferences folders both in the System Library and the User Library and threw out any .plists that had "HP" in them, too, and there were several of those. THEN, one final time, I used the HP Photosmart C4200 All-in-One Software Installer CD to reinstall the scanner software, and bingo! the scanner started producing perfect colors! So I guess I can't say for sure whether it was throwing out all the HP files, or the Preference files, or both, that did the trick, but at least the trick is did, and now all is well with the scanner and the G4 MDD. Lovely photo scans, great colors! Thanks very much again gang! This is a great group! All the best, Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
