Printer software question..

Was just wondering if anyone can recommend a brand of all-in-one printer that does not require the installing of mass amounts of manufacturer software. I had an HP all in one that required the installation of HP software (photozone, memory maker, scanning apps, among several other programs). It was almost impossible to keep from launching on startup and always seemed to show up in my dock. It always tried to default to the hp software when I would do anything with my photos. I tried uninstalling some of the apps I didn't need, but then the ones I needed wouldn't work. I felt all this extra software was really cluttering up my imac's simplicity. Just wondering if canon or epson's all in one's are any better as I have looked at a couple of their models. Thanks.

Hello cjsiv
I have had three different printers connected to my iMac (HP, Canon and Epson all in one) While all would plug, print and show printer utility out of the box, the scan features needed to be installed. I also hate the clutter, have you tried to install only the scan portion from the manufacturers disk? This should give you the plug, print, utility and the scan featurers to where ??? you will have to work on that part. I think it might be worth spending a little time on it.
Dennis
17" iMac Intel Core Duo 1.5GB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2G Nano

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Thanks for the post. This is an odd one, I might suggest the method outlined below in the third link, if that does not help, I might recommend that you post this question on the following links below. Good Luck!
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I tried the first part but it did not work.
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