[CUBE] Photosmart 1115

[cubicle]

I would agree except that you can use the open source drivers to avert 
this, the HPIJS project drivers work very well, and give better quality 
output than the HP OEM drivers, even pre-10.2.2.

--alan

On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 07:20  AM, Robert W. Bumala wrote:

> Hi all,
>   If you're considering getting a printer or scanner, I'd stay away 
> from  the HP's for a while.  I have a HP Photosmart 1115 printer 
> attached to my cube, and I noticed after updating to OS 10.2.2 that 
> the cube would start to slow down over time, until it took several 
> seconds to do anything.  In checking the process list I found that a 
> process called "HP Connectivity" was using up 75% of the CPU time!  A 
> check of HP's site showed that they are aware of the problem, and are 
> writing a new driver.  When that will come out ... who knows.
>   On a happy note, I upgraded my cube with 1.5 Gbyte of RAM, and a 
> GForce 3 card, and WOW!  What a difference.  Now if I could only 
> afford a CPU upgrade.
>
> Bob.
>
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