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‎05-19-2022 02:47 PM

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Product: HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium e-All-in-One - N911n
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Does this new driver give me anything BETTER i the repackaging (see description and "fixes" came with update below) or do I simply LOSE OCR capability?

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  • Repackaged without Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Functionality
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‎05-19-2022 03:59 PM - edited ‎05-20-2022 07:08 AM

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@MyNameToo 

 

Edits / Updates > Add link to OCR Tools at end of message

 

Welcome to the HP User Community.

 

I would guess: 

Yes - it is possible that you'd lose the OCR installed if you uninstall your current printer software > Restart > Install the new package.

 

What?

 

The old OCR software embedded in this printer software installation package might be a problem (security?)

 

OR (perhaps more likely)

 

The OCR software that was embedded in the previous package might be so badly outdated that leaving it in a package intended for installing on (for Example, Windows 11) might break the installation (for example, if the software is installed on Windows 11).

 

Reference

HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus/Premium e-All-in-One Printer series - N911a-n Full Feature Software and D... 

 

Version:  28.1.1312_1

 

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Personal opinion,
If your printer software works as installed,
If you are not installing the package on a Windows 11 machine,
(then) don't install the new package.
 
What if?
What if you do not (for any reason) have a copy of the previously release version of the package
What if you must download-save-install the version that does not include OCR?
What if you lose the OCR software?
OCR software is available - there are a multitude of articles to help you find what you need.
Search using your favorite web browser and search engine.
One of many examples 
 

References / Resources

 

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‎05-22-2022 07:43 AM

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