Printer settings

[Robert M Jones]

I am new to XP
Trying to set up my HPDeskjet Printer on XP Home via Control
Panel/Printers etc. using my Admin account.
The properties dialog
box does not seem to have anywhere where I can set up double sided
printing - it simply says Double sided - "No"

The dialog is very different to the one I am used to in Win98Se where
double sided printing was an option in a "features" tab.
Many thanks.
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[GTS]

When creating XP drivers for some of it's older printers, HP did not always
support all features. Check at HP's site whether you have the latest driver
version. That's about all you can do.

 

[Robert M Jones]

When creating XP drivers for some of it's older printers, HP did not always
support all features. Check at HP's site whether you have the latest driver
version. That's about all you can do.

I've done that and they say XP's native driver is all I need. Sigh.
However I have discovered in Word 2003 that there is an option for
"manual duplex" which allows me to do the job - but only in Word. Sigh -
that's progress for you!
Thanks for the reply though.

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[David Candy]

Printer Drivers are text files usually (GPD files). MS writes a big driver. Then companies modify it with text files and extra code for non standard features. Windows processes the text file at printer driver install time. Therefore you should be able to make your own driver easily. See http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:....xml.asp+minidev.exe&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=3 for an editor.

Duplex is a standard feature so MS has already written the code to do it. The HP drivers don't say that they support duplex so windows doesn't try.

 

[Robert M Jones]

Printer Drivers are text files usually (GPD files). MS writes a big
driver. Then companies modify it with text files and extra code for
non standard features. Windows processes the text file at printer
driver install time. Therefore you should be able to make your own
driver easily. See
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:....xml.asp+minidev.exe&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=3
for an editor.

Duplex is a standard feature so MS has already written the code to do
it. The HP drivers don't say that they support duplex so windows
doesn't try.

Thanks David - but the only words I understood on that page were "This
is preliminary documentation and subject to change."I couldn't work out
where the actual tool minidev.exe was to be found either.

I found what looked like the XP driver
hpvdj710.gpd
and it says this:

*%%
*%% HP DeskJet 710C
*%%
*%% Copyright 1998-1999 Hewlett-Packard Co.
*%% All Rights Reserved.
*%%

*Include: "hpvdj7xx.gpd"

*%%
*%% Global Entries
*%%
*GPDSpecVersion: "1.0"
*GPDFileVersion: "1.0"

*ModelName: "HP DeskJet 710C"
*GPDFileName: "HPVDJ710.GPD"

*PrintRate: 6
*PrintRateUnit: PPM

but I haven't a clue where to go from there owing to not understanding
the article

I have the HP710C win98 drivers on a second hdd but they are in a driver
pack I donwloaded from HP a while ago when moving from win 95 to 98SE,
and I don't know what files are the ones needed.

If I was going to do this I would need step by step instructions at a
more basic level than that KB article. Thanks for your help so far - not
sure if you want to point me anywhere else?

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[David Candy]

I can't visit MS's site. You need to download that tool. It comes with 100s of megabytes of stuff (incl the documentation I linked too). It is called the Driver Development Kit (DDK). Programs use the SDK (Software) which the main windows one is called PSDK (P for Platform). So look for the DDK.