^&@#$ing hp scanner drivers

[klowngoblin]

WTF can POSSIBLY make it be 209MB to download?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?dlc=en&lc=en&product=298540&lang=en&cc=us&os=228

i have the 3670 scanner and the drivers are rediculously big, my last acer scanner drivers were only 25 or so MB and thats including a simple picture program. god damn hp, once installed it makes a bunch of non removeable icons on your desktop. what a peice of shit

 

[Ratboy]

209 or 20.9??? That's freaky insane.

 

[klowngoblin]

209.22MB it took me more than 12 mins to download...for DRIVERS!!!

 

[munkle]

some of that crap is good my friend got some hp program that you can scan text and it will put it in a word program, he just scanned his text books and turned it in as a summary

 

[Ice Czar]

sounds about right (its likely a unified driver)

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=852607

 

[Techx]

I agree, I have a bunch of all-in-one Hp's at work here and the software is just ridiculously bloated, it takes forever to install, longer than any other application, driver set, longer than ANYTHING! what a joke