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Correct; the bundled software for the 5p is (by design) intended for
the "point and shoot" user, with a minimum number of controls that the
user can screw up.  The full DeskScan applications (available free via
the HP web server) offers far more control over the image, but does not
support the button on the 5p.

OTOH...perhaps that's an advantage, since the button manager (HPSJBMGR.EXE)
is known to be buggy.  The most common symptom of its problems is the
appearance of a message "Unable to start MPR.DLL" when invoking unrelated
applications.

HP is aware of the problem but has offered no indication of when (or if)
it will be fixed.  The workaround is to remove the call to HPSJBMGR from
the Registry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hpsjbmgr)
or remove the file itself from the system; the only downside to this is the
loss of the use of the automatic-scan button.

Joe Morris


Leefer <spamleef@spamvoicespamnet.com> writes:

>As I understand it, Deskscan II does not support the "green button".  It
>is far superior (IMHO) to the scan software that came with the 5p, however,
>and I certainly don't miss the green button.  Why push a hardware button
>when your nose is already in the software and your hands are already on the
>mouse/keyboard?

>Mario Ostermann wrote:

>> I'd like to launch DeskScan II with the green buttom of our scanner.
>> After default installation of HP5p the hppscan software launches.

>> where are the settings to tell the launch software to start DeskScan II
>> instead of hppscan ???