Use the driver the is included with XP (inbox).
Open Printers and Faxes
Click Add Printer
Local Printer
Next
If the printer is attached to LPT1 select that port. If USB find USB01
we'll verify it's on the same port as the currently installed printer
later.
Next
Manufacture Model Page
Manufacture Select HP (not Hewlett-Packard)
Model Select hp deskjet 960c
Next
Name the printer 960 COPY, share it if you like, don't care about
location,
No Test page,
Finish
Now open the Properties of the previous 960. Go to the ports Tab.
Confirm
the port the printer direct data. Close
Open the 960 COPY properties, Ports Tab, select the same port. Apply,
then
go to the General Tab and print a test page.
When the test page prints, you have properly configured the printer using
inbox drivers.
Now rerun your scenario selecting 960 COPY. Do you have the problem
seeing
the preference selections?
--
Alan Morris
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message I don't know what the inbox driver is, Alan. I uninstalled the printer
driver and deleted any remaining (possibly corrupted) hpz and hpf files
to
HP's instructions, then downloaded and installed the most up to date
driver
for my printer from HP. Because this didn't put things right HP
concluded
it
to be a windows problem.
In the Print dialogue box there are 2 'select printer' options, one
being
my
deskjet 960c, the other being 'Micosoft Office document image writer'.
If I
select print preferences for the latter, the windows that display the
tabbed
preferences are ok. Only if I go to print preferences when my printer
is
selected, do the preference windows truncate the available choices.
These
windows, unlike the others, are 'portrait' style, though they do cut
off
the
bottom as well as the right side of the information that should be
displayed.
I've described this in the hope that it contains a clue for you.
Norman Naylor
:
Sorry missed the previous. Does this happen if you install the
printer
using the inbox driver?
If this is the driver you use then I don't know what is happening?
--
Alan Morris
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in
message I assume having seen my reply which was affirmative, you've nothing
further
to offer. There have been no other posts. Do you have any
suggestions
about
finding other help sources.
Norman Naylor
:
does this problem exist for notepad.exe?
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Alan Morris
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When I choose to print a document, the print properties window
contains
three
tabs. These are 'Setup', 'Features' and 'Advanced'. The window
in
which
each is displayed is too small to show fully the choices that are
available
under each tab. The size of the windows is fixed - cannot be
adjusted,
and
there are no horizontal or vertical sliders.
I have Windows XP SP2 fully up to date and my printer is an HP
Deskjet
960c.
After several unsuccessful attempts to fix this under the very
helpful
guidance of HP Tech. Support, they have admitted defeat. I'm
using
their
latest drivers which have been downloaded and clean-installed
after
deleting
the existing printer and driver.
My display setting is 1024 x 768, 32 bit colour.
If anyone can see what's happening here and offer a solution I'd
be
most
grateful.
Norman Naylor