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jon l. dawson · Mar 9, 2004, 11:07 PM

Hi

Is it possible, once I've installed my computer, to use my restore DVD to add an application I left out? Like IE or, in my case, the "extra printer drivers"? I apparently need them for my HP Deskjet 3650...

Thanks

awaspaas · Mar 10, 2004, 01:42 AM

Wouldn't it be easier to download the drivers from HP's website? They're probably more current than the ones on the CD anyway.

jon l. dawson · Mar 10, 2004, 04:44 AM

I did a google search and came up with someone saying that when they ran the HP installer, no device appeared, and that eventually they solved it by re-installing and adding support for the extra printer drivers. I take it there's no way to add them after the install?

jon l. dawson · Mar 10, 2004, 04:58 AM

Oh, looks like all the pkg files are on the DVD. And it looks like the additional printer drivers pkg simply installs the HP pkg, so I have it. Thanks anyway! I'll try HP's website.

jon l. dawson · Mar 10, 2004, 05:40 AM

Well, that didn't work very well. I installed the drivers and guess what, they don't appear in the printers list. It installed a bunch of files to /Library/Printers/hp/deskjet. In /Library/Printers/hp/Utilities there is a "Printer Model Data Files" folder, which includes a ".plst" file for my printer model, but like I said it's not showing up anywhere. Are these files in the wrong location? How do I get them to appear?