--- In [email protected], "James Walden " 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> After doing a search on this forum for a topic similar to the 
subject line of this post, I've 
> found that others are reporting similar problems back through Mac 
OSX 10.4. 
> 
> On opening System>Library>Printers>hp>Utilities> all the 
maintenance app's are there, 
> but no matter which one I open, I always get the Printer Selector 
Utility. Then, when I 
> double click on the 130 nr printer icon, I get an error message 
from HP's website: "The HP 
> Designjet 30/130 series system maintenance utility has exited 
because it is unable to 
> communicate with the printer. Please check the connections to the 
printer, check that the 
> printer is turned on and not printing, then launch HP Designjet 
30/130 series system 
> maintenance utility again."
> 
> I'm currently using Mac 10.5, and after contacting HP support and 
reporting that the printer 
> driver update (v3.0) on their website is older than the driver that 
came on my new 
> Mac Intel Desktop (v4.2.2), the HP rep suggested that I talk to a 
technician, and since my 
> extended service contract had expired, HP would charge me $35. to 
do so. In response, I 
> politely suggested that if HP wasn't going to support its printers 
because of their rather  
> obvious strategy to get me buy a newer model, that I would take my 
business back to Epson 
> and buy the 3800. And that's exactly what I'm going to do! Goodbye 
HP...
>Yes, HP trying to charge $35 for the privilege of reporting bugs and 
design flaws with their products really makes me angry too.



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