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HP Scanjet stubbornly remains
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: the Netherlands
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Dear all,
Lately I've been noticing some slowdown of over-all system performance. Sometimes even iTunes skips (which used to be very rare) while for example pressing the volume buttons (f3-5). Doing some research I found out that HP Scanjet software remains present in the background even after all HP apps have been quit. 'Top' shows a continuous CPU-usage of 10-16% for 'HP Scanjet' and some RAM-usage. I'm using the latest HP drivers for a ScanJet 3670 on a 600 Mhz iBook with 384 MB RAM. Also worthwhile to mention is that the OS has recently been reinstalled (Jaguar).
Now I was wondering if anyone over here experiences this same behaviour and even better, if someone knew a remedy for this.
Thanks for your response.
Stefan
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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HP uses a scan manager which comes up upon login. Their software drivers for OS X are terrible and HP, I believe, doesn't really care any more. Its very likley that the scan manager is the culprit and you can probably terminate it by removing it from login or by using the utility "CPU Monitor" to quite the process.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by Back up 15 and punt:
HP uses a scan manager which comes up upon login. Their software drivers for OS X are terrible and HP, I believe, doesn't really care any more. Its very likley that the scan manager is the culprit and you can probably terminate it by removing it from login or by using the utility "CPU Monitor" to quite the process.
Indeed, the application was present in the list of login items. Thanks for your help!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Provo, UT
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Are there alternative drivers anywhere?
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Manchester,UK
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Originally posted by Back up 15 and punt:
HP uses a scan manager which comes up upon login. Their software drivers for OS X are terrible and HP, I believe, doesn't really care any more. Its very likley that the scan manager is the culprit and you can probably terminate it by removing it from login or by using the utility "CPU Monitor" to quite the process.
It seams that HP has decided to start caring about it's OSX drivers.
The drivers/software etc. I have been using for there latest scanner (4670) are really excellent.
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