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My Home Inkjet Came With A Huge Installer. Can I Skip It?

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Accepted solution by Gabe O. — status monitors and update checkers often run at startup. you can disable them in Task Manager Startup apps if you install the full suite…
  1. Ruben Petrov
    @rubenp469

    ugh. printer software question: for scan to email, do you install teh full vendor suite or just the basic driver? My home inkjet works with the Windows built-in driver already, but Im not sure what Im missing. Id love to hear what others do and whether the extras ever turned out useful lmao Id also like to know if switching later is easy, in case I change my mind and need the full package after all 😅 Mostly I just want something that works and stays out of the way.

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  2. Nina Ueda
    @nueda-2ma

    is it a home setup or an office with several PCs??

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  4. Yuki
    @ycosta-394

    omg finally ok update: did what @theo.mori-2if said and its fine now... pro tip: write down what u change... i didnt and had to redo pixma from scratch owe u a beer 🍺

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  5. Ruben Gill
    @rgill

    oh ive been there lol if you need scanning, check whether Windows built-in scanning works (WIA or driverelss). if it does, you may not need the vednor scan app.

    thumbsup

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  6. Theo
    @theo.mori-2if

    hmmm the basic driver covers printing with most settings (duplex, trays, quality). the full suite adds scanning tools, status monitors, ink alerts, firmware updaters and sometimes cloud features.

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  7. Gabe O.
    @gabe.ortiz8
    Accepted solution

    status monitors and update checkers often run at startup. you can disable them in Task Manager > Startup apps if you install the full suite but don't want the background load. fingers crossed 🤞

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  8. Nina Ueda
    @nueda-2ma
    in reply to @gabe.ortiz8

    make a backup before u touch teh power plan, learned that the hard way. bump. still hpapening with bloawtare for me lmk how it goes

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