Stuart Sanders
stuart at pacific.net.hk
Mon Oct 20 20:47:10 CDT 2003
> -----Original Message----- > ...lol ...thought all you Aussies spoke accented Microsoftese! ...PnP > ...Plug 'n Play :)))) > > ...the point being that you were concerned that the users not > have to do > anything technical or difficult to run your program ...as long as the > printer is MS PnP compatible, it will install automatically > without them > having to do anything themselves ...and yes, every printer > from the major > manufacturers now comes PnP compliant ...I'd guess you'd be > safe with any > major brand printer less than three years old ...HTH :) If only.... If it is a one printer to 1 pc deal then yes it should be straight forward... But generally manufacturers like to tweak their drivers and release new models which windows doesn't recognise, etc. So if they buy a new printer and plug it into their PC they are likely to get a message stating that windows has found a new device and needs to install drivers. In my experience the average non-technical user then stares blankly at the screen wondering what to do next. If it is a small office and the printer is shared, then you need to worry about it is peer-to-peer or domain, has it been shared/configured for network use. On win2k and up PCs are nicer in that they will share drivers, so if it is successfully installed on 1 PC you can add the printer on to another PC and it will grab the drivers from the first PC. But even then, the average user (in my experience) will need help mapping the printer onto a new PC. Plug and play ... Hah! Stuart