HP All-in-One Printer: any way to install the TWAIN driver only?
I have an HP PSC 2355 all-in-one Printer/Scanner/Copier.
The Mac OSX software/drivers are a whopping 100MB in size. I really only want to print (which is no problem without installing all of their software) and scan (which I can't seem to do without installing the software.
I can't find a TWAIN driver (which I assume is what I need to scan) by itself.
I've installed the HP software bundle on my old PowerBook (just got a MacBook), I really don't want to litter my new computer with all their useless "features"...
While this is probably a question for HP, thought I'd post it here.
The Mac OSX software/drivers are a whopping 100MB in size. I really only want to print (which is no problem without installing all of their software) and scan (which I can't seem to do without installing the software.
I can't find a TWAIN driver (which I assume is what I need to scan) by itself.
I've installed the HP software bundle on my old PowerBook (just got a MacBook), I really don't want to litter my new computer with all their useless "features"...
While this is probably a question for HP, thought I'd post it here.
Comments
I haven't found any lightweight drivers for this (I have a 2100 series). I looked for CUPS drivers to no avail; it appears all the CUPS drivers omit H-P completely.
So for printing, I have no alternative.
However, if I did a lot of scanning I would probably check out either the Silverfast or the VueScan utilities. Actually I have used the VueScan in the past and if the user interface is less Carbon-like it would be great.
Links:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/7610
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/10074
I have it installed on a Windows PS as well and hate it. It must consist of about 10 sub-programs, most of which I can't really figure out what they are for. They probably just covertly usw up ink so you have to buy more HP products...