"Rick Jones" <rick.jones2@hp.com> wrote in message
news:fuo10i$djp$3@usenet01.boi.hp.com...
>> > In case of T1471AA (free download from software.hp.com) after
>
>> Question: I am able to frp tp ftp.hp.com and ftp.itrc.hp.com, but I
>> am unable to find the T1471AA that I am looking for. The reason for
>> this is each time I download the file, the OS is not able to see the
>> file as a .depot file. Any suggestions?
>
> Are you downloading directly to the system onto which it will be
> installed, or are you downloading to say a Windows client first? If
> downloading to Windows, are you making sure to set the transfer type
> to binary?
>
> If downloaded via software.hp.com there should be some installation
> instructions showing how to use swinstall to install the software.
>

I would guess that the file you downloaded is a "shell archive" file. You
need to execute (run using the posix shell) to get it to unpack. Think of it
like a self-extracting zip file.



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