[AccessD] Web based Project

Yes it is much nicer... I've still had the odd issue when people try to hook up
old printers, not sure about the very latest printers ...  still might require
user intervention.

Not sure what is common elsewhere, but here small businesses often hook up
budget equipment... ie stuff from Taiwain or China that doesn't come with
drivers prebuilt into windows.  Hunting for the latest drivers off chinese
websites isn't the most fun thing I've ever done.

Stuart


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> William Hindman
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 10:17 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Web based Project
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>
> ...got to admit that I'm thinking of XP here Stu which plays
> PnP very, very
> nicely ...certainly can't say the same of Win9X or NT systems :(
>
> William Hindman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Sanders" <stuart at pacific.net.hk>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 9:47 PM
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Web based Project
>
>
> >
> >
> > > -----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
> >
> >
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