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Chapter 12
CHAPTER 12
Setting Up Printers, Scanners, and Fax
Machines
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Not unlike many offices, scattered about my office is a jumbled assortment of print-
ers, scanners, and fax machines. Getting these devices—some of them more than a
few years old—to work with Windows Vista wasn’t a picnic. Here are some of the
problems I encountered along the way:
• A software installation disk would not install the device because Windows Vista
wasn’t a supported operating system.
• A setup program used a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) that was incompati-
ble with my computer’s configuration.
• A setup program worked correctly but configured the device incorrectly. ...