Printers toolbox to check levels of ink

[Tara]

My understanding is that WinXP does not support
bidirectional communication -- without which you cannot
check cartridge levels in your printer. Maybe someone
with more knowledge will address this -- but I spent
HOURS with HP trying to work out all the problems
associated with my HP1220c after I upgraded to XP. Many
of the printer features I had previously enjoyed just
disappeared. HP laid the blame on Microsoft, but I'm not
convinced that's completely accurate. HP did not come
out with a fully functional printer driver for the 1220
w/ XP; the driver that comes w/ XP is not a fully
functional version either.

Now I see that HP has introduced a new wide format
deskjet and I'm hoping they've worked out some/all of
their differences with MSFT...

 

[bbunny]

| >-----Original Message-----

| >I am used to the printer being listed in the programs
| and
| >then you click on that and several options one being
| >toolbox where you could go to check the level of ink in
| >your cartridges. How do you do that with Windows XP?
| >
| >Thank you,
| >Kimberly Cass


| My understanding is that WinXP does not support
| bidirectional communication -- without which you cannot
| check cartridge levels in your printer. Maybe someone
| with more knowledge will address this -- but I spent
| HOURS with HP trying to work out all the problems
| associated with my HP1220c after I upgraded to XP. Many
| of the printer features I had previously enjoyed just
| disappeared. HP laid the blame on Microsoft, but I'm not
| convinced that's completely accurate. HP did not come
| out with a fully functional printer driver for the 1220
| w/ XP; the driver that comes w/ XP is not a fully
| functional version either.
|
| Now I see that HP has introduced a new wide format
| deskjet and I'm hoping they've worked out some/all of
| their differences with MSFT...


Microsoft gets the drivers from HP. So any blame would
be on HP's side of the fence. I used my printer which was
crippled in XP for months before HP finally brought out
a decent driver. Also the ink level indicator in the toolbox
is not even close to being accurate. At $30 and $35 a pop
I wait until it stops printing before I change the cartridges.