[HP PSC1315] How to avoid software installation?

[PsichoDM]

This is my problem:

I own a HP PSC1315 multifunction printer/scanner and recently I changed PCs, so now I have a pretty fresh and functional version of WinXP running and I would really like to avoid filling it with junk software. The HP software for this specific printer (and I guess for others too) is horrible in my opinion: 4 separate programs running in the background all the time, one of them continuously minimizing or changing focus from whatever program I'm using at that time, be it a game or firefox.

I'd like to avoid having to install that ridiculous software suite because it doesn't benefit me in any way. I'd like to simply install the drivers that allow printing functionality, without any automatic updates through the internet or any other background running junk.
I haven't found any separate drivers though, not on the HP site at least. I think they don't give an option between drivers without additional software and the software package.

Has anybody managed to solve this?

Thank you.

 

[spotdog14]

i have an HP multifunction printer as well. the only problem with not installing the software suite is that you cannot scan to the comptuer and fax to the computer. when in downloaded the software from HP's website you can just download the driver and not have any other functionality except for printing.

 

[NatakuARN]

You don't have to keep that stuff running for the apps to function, kill it all.