Vista - Panasonic Multifunction

Even though i called Panasonic and they said they have nothing for
vista...yet I was wondering if anyone knew any tricks to get this working.
Vista sees and lists the printer in the device manager but it cant find or
accept a driver for it. Ive tried running the installation program in xp
mode but can never get past the unplug and plug your printer in again. It
refuses to accept it there. ANyone else have a similar problem and find a
solution with Panasonic? ALso wasnt this beta tested for like a year? and
been out for a month? My video cards tv input doesnt have a driver yet
either....why was this software such a surprise to these companies that they
didnt have drivers ready???

Companies are always busy working on tomorrow's technology... and support
for today's technology doesn't get the attention it deserves. Vista was in
beta testing for about 18 months to the beta testers) and before that, in
internal testing at Microsoft and a few other vendors.

Unfortunately Panasonic are the only folks who can write their drivers....
though you might ask if there is something that will at least let you print,
if not perform all the other functions of the All in One.

Which graphics card are you using?
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:35E1408D-DDC9-4AA6-BB1C-9AD50B25307F@microsoft.com...
> Even though i called Panasonic and they said they have nothing for
> vista...yet I was wondering if anyone knew any tricks to get this working.
> Vista sees and lists the printer in the device manager but it cant find or
> accept a driver for it. Ive tried running the installation program in xp
> mode but can never get past the unplug and plug your printer in again. It
> refuses to accept it there. ANyone else have a similar problem and find a
> solution with Panasonic? ALso wasnt this beta tested for like a year?
> and
> been out for a month? My video cards tv input doesnt have a driver yet
> either....why was this software such a surprise to these companies that
> they
> didnt have drivers ready???

its an ATI x1300 all in wonder.....microsoft had a driver for that but ati's
site at least had an up to date 64 bit vista driver.....but not for my tv
tuner still. It sees and lists that too in the device manager its just
waiting for the right driver. Its those three things with the marks on them
in the device manager: the panasonic printer another for the scanner and the
ati tv tuner.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Companies are always busy working on tomorrow's technology... and support
> for today's technology doesn't get the attention it deserves. Vista was in
> beta testing for about 18 months to the beta testers) and before that, in
> internal testing at Microsoft and a few other vendors.
>
> Unfortunately Panasonic are the only folks who can write their drivers....
> though you might ask if there is something that will at least let you print,
> if not perform all the other functions of the All in One.
>
> Which graphics card are you using?
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:35E1408D-DDC9-4AA6-BB1C-9AD50B25307F@microsoft.com...
> > Even though i called Panasonic and they said they have nothing for
> > vista...yet I was wondering if anyone knew any tricks to get this working.
> > Vista sees and lists the printer in the device manager but it cant find or
> > accept a driver for it. Ive tried running the installation program in xp
> > mode but can never get past the unplug and plug your printer in again. It
> > refuses to accept it there. ANyone else have a similar problem and find a
> > solution with Panasonic? ALso wasnt this beta tested for like a year?
> > and
> > been out for a month? My video cards tv input doesnt have a driver yet
> > either....why was this software such a surprise to these companies that
> > they
> > didnt have drivers ready???
>
>

The printer driver for the HP InkJet 500 is the most generic one there is,
so you might be able to print with that. If not, perhaps the best thing is
to get a cheap Vista compatible printer while you're waiting for Panasonic.
I think ATI are still working on the tuner drivers, but they're quite good
with their customer support if you ask through their site.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9D18570-994C-4338-8928-F05AB2CE1F6F@microsoft.com...
> its an ATI x1300 all in wonder.....microsoft had a driver for that but
> ati's
> site at least had an up to date 64 bit vista driver.....but not for my tv
> tuner still. It sees and lists that too in the device manager its just
> waiting for the right driver. Its those three things with the marks on
> them
> in the device manager: the panasonic printer another for the scanner and
> the
> ati tv tuner.
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Companies are always busy working on tomorrow's technology... and support
>> for today's technology doesn't get the attention it deserves. Vista was
>> in
>> beta testing for about 18 months to the beta testers) and before that, in
>> internal testing at Microsoft and a few other vendors.
>>
>> Unfortunately Panasonic are the only folks who can write their
>> drivers....
>> though you might ask if there is something that will at least let you
>> print,
>> if not perform all the other functions of the All in One.
>>
>> Which graphics card are you using?
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:35E1408D-DDC9-4AA6-BB1C-9AD50B25307F@microsoft.com...
>> > Even though i called Panasonic and they said they have nothing for
>> > vista...yet I was wondering if anyone knew any tricks to get this
>> > working.
>> > Vista sees and lists the printer in the device manager but it cant find
>> > or
>> > accept a driver for it. Ive tried running the installation program in
>> > xp
>> > mode but can never get past the unplug and plug your printer in again.
>> > It
>> > refuses to accept it there. ANyone else have a similar problem and
>> > find a
>> > solution with Panasonic? ALso wasnt this beta tested for like a year?
>> > and
>> > been out for a month? My video cards tv input doesnt have a driver
>> > yet
>> > either....why was this software such a surprise to these companies that
>> > they
>> > didnt have drivers ready???
>>
>>

Yeah i got a old hp here ... for now ... its at work so not having this
panasonic printer is adding another step for making multiple copies.... and
yes ill call ati and hopfully hear that their working on it.... i have to rig
up a tv for now as well. Very disapointing considering the card was
supposedly vista compatible and less then 6 months old. I feel like im beta
testing this thing.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> The printer driver for the HP InkJet 500 is the most generic one there is,
> so you might be able to print with that. If not, perhaps the best thing is
> to get a cheap Vista compatible printer while you're waiting for Panasonic.
> I think ATI are still working on the tuner drivers, but they're quite good
> with their customer support if you ask through their site.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
> "thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A9D18570-994C-4338-8928-F05AB2CE1F6F@microsoft.com...
> > its an ATI x1300 all in wonder.....microsoft had a driver for that but
> > ati's
> > site at least had an up to date 64 bit vista driver.....but not for my tv
> > tuner still. It sees and lists that too in the device manager its just
> > waiting for the right driver. Its those three things with the marks on
> > them
> > in the device manager: the panasonic printer another for the scanner and
> > the
> > ati tv tuner.
> >
> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> Companies are always busy working on tomorrow's technology... and support
> >> for today's technology doesn't get the attention it deserves. Vista was
> >> in
> >> beta testing for about 18 months to the beta testers) and before that, in
> >> internal testing at Microsoft and a few other vendors.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately Panasonic are the only folks who can write their
> >> drivers....
> >> though you might ask if there is something that will at least let you
> >> print,
> >> if not perform all the other functions of the All in One.
> >>
> >> Which graphics card are you using?
> >> --
> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
> >> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows
> >>
> >> "thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:35E1408D-DDC9-4AA6-BB1C-9AD50B25307F@microsoft.com...
> >> > Even though i called Panasonic and they said they have nothing for
> >> > vista...yet I was wondering if anyone knew any tricks to get this
> >> > working.
> >> > Vista sees and lists the printer in the device manager but it cant find
> >> > or
> >> > accept a driver for it. Ive tried running the installation program in
> >> > xp
> >> > mode but can never get past the unplug and plug your printer in again.
> >> > It
> >> > refuses to accept it there. ANyone else have a similar problem and
> >> > find a
> >> > solution with Panasonic? ALso wasnt this beta tested for like a year?
> >> > and
> >> > been out for a month? My video cards tv input doesnt have a driver
> >> > yet
> >> > either....why was this software such a surprise to these companies that
> >> > they
> >> > didnt have drivers ready???
> >>
> >>
>
>

Believe me, it was a lot worse in the beta testing period!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"thxheynow" <thxheynow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F1BABEBF-E399-4952-B5C5-BC35358F12BD@microsoft.com...
> Yeah i got a old hp here ... for now ... its at work so not having this
> panasonic printer is adding another step for making multiple copies....
> and
> yes ill call ati and hopfully hear that their working on it.... i have to
> rig
> up a tv for now as well. Very disapointing considering the card was
> supposedly vista compatible and less then 6 months old. I feel like im
> beta
> testing this thing.
>