Finally I've Got All My Vista Drivers!
HP finally released several new Vista printer drivers and Full Feature Software on the 16th, and posted in the past day or so.
I have a Phtosmart 3310 AIO wireless and was getting frustrated by not being able to use all the features.
I had taken a look at some of the software written for Vista on slightly newer models and was shocked to see that the drivers and software were virtually identical to my model, except the machine code was not written in for, or to detect my model. HP's solution center software is suppossed to allow adding of other HP devices, but the newer model Vista compliant version would not detect my 3310. I could see it on my network, and I could even print to it using Vista's generic drivers. That is IF I manually powered it on, which was a PITA since it's located in another room (that's the point of wireless correct?). On XP when the printer was in standby, the solution software and drivers would wake the printer and I was good to go. However under Vista all of that would not function. Never mind the scanner, copier, and fax features. Something really looked suspicious. I realize that HP will write software and drivers for it's newest products first, but a peek inside the setup.ini file said otherwise. It appeared to be deliberatly left out (as were most of the 3000 series).
Ultimately I blame MS more than I blame HP for not driving their own train on their own product. Vista was in several Beta releases, so it wasn't as if it's release was a surprise. Heck we all knew we wouldn't see Vista under the Christmas tree back in September at least. Why is it that companies like HP and NVIDIA drug their feet on supporting this? The simple answer is to sell new products that aren't really much different than the old ones. ADOBE is another case in point. Good luck trying to find a Vista update from them for Photoshop. Let the buyer beware. And speak up. Write to the software and hardware manufactureres as well as MS and ask WHY?
It's a big download, relatively speaking, 164 MBs. Not daunting on highspeed connections, but maddeningly slow from an extremely busy FTP site.