I spent all night slaving away on google and archives looking for the correct driver/software for this HP printer I got practically for free that was apparently compatible with 9x. HP does not really maintain archival related software as well as they should so you kind of have to dig around gaining references to file names, versions, and etc.

Finally got one to work with the laptop and communicates just fine. I'm sure it can scan directly to my laptop but I'm sticking to memory sticks for now because that optional larger software isn't compatible with 9x so I don't want to bother with kernelex just yet. I always knew that the manufacturers had a bad reputation when it came to ink and I kinda realized this when it refused to print due to low ink in one of the cartridges... So I digged a little more and found/figured out the codes on how to control all the hidden settings so I can override the warning about low ink 😀 any similar stories?