I have the new Kodak DX7630 and the printer dock plus. I have tried unsuccessfully (7 times) to get their Easyshare program to work on my computer (Dell Dimension 4100, Pentium III 800MHz, Windows ME). All I want to do is install the drivers for these two items (the camera and the dock) but Kodak only gives you the Easyshare software, no drivers only. Does anyone know where I can just find and install the drivers for the camera and the printer dock? Michael2 stated in another post that he found just the drivers. I need to find them or else my camera and dock is useless. I don't need or want to have the Easyshare software on my computer. Thanks.

Go here to Kodak's website... Printer Dock Plus driver... www.kodak.com/global/en/service/downloads/dln_ekn.jhtml?ekn=EKN029434 Kodak DX7630 driver (this is Easyshare) www.kodak.com/global/en/service/downloads/dln_ekn.jhtml?ekn=EKN028434 Ignis vulpes impero

I already tried that. The Kodak site just gives you the Easyshare software which I already know has the drivers included in this. I have the Easyshare software Version 4.0.2 CD that came with my camera and printer. It is this software program that is giving me all sorts of problems. I need to have just the drivers--no software--so that I can use the camera and printer without installing the Easyshare software. I have read that someone out there has found just the drivers and can use their camera and printer without the software installed. I have looked everywhere and can't find just the drivers.

I just installed the same software for a Kodak CX7430 camera. As far as I have been able to find out, you basically have no choice but to install the EasyShare software. Something I did not want to do. It forced me to uninstall software for an older camera. The first mistake I made was plugging in the camera through the USB before installing all of the software. When it recognized the device but could not find the drivers, it left Plug and Play in a hopeless state. Installing the drivers later could not get it working. I had to locate the entries in Device Manager for the camera and delete them. Then install the EasyShare software. The way this software package works, is when you plug the camera in, the drivers get loaded and they call the interface for the EasyShare software. So you have to have both to get it to work. On a custom install you would have to load the first entry for the drivers and the one for EasyShare. In your case also the ones for the docking station you have. I don't like their procedures either. Would prefer that files be accessible just like on a USB flash drive, so you could view, copy and delete them. The option I have not checked out yet is unplugging a SD card with pictures on it and using a SD reader to get at the pictures. I have access to a Windows XP Home system with a built in 8 in 1 dock for reading SD cards. It acts like it is setup to read the cards just like a USB flash drive. Not sure what software comes on that machine (an emachine). Many people have a lot of objections to installing software on their system, just so you can copy a few files from your Kodak camera. The marketing information on the camera and printer dock leads one to assume that you don't need any software to set them up just to plug in the camera and print pictures on the printer dock. Even reading the instruction for the camera, it suggests that you just have to tag a picture to share and print and the printer dock will do it. Hum.. they must have left the part about installing drivers in the printer dock setup manual.

Michael2 here. My mate had the DX4900 and that came with Easyshare stuff (Spybot reported bugs and things). Just the drivers (and more details) here.... http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=83550 For your camera seems not to be here...... http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?companyid=556&devicetypeid=2&action=wizard_step_3&company=556&Submit=%A0%A0SELECT+COMPANY%A0%3E%3E%A0%A0 Seems someone extracted the dx4900 drivers out of one of the 'cab' files. I think you can open cab files with Winrar to see what's inside?? I may be confused in my old age.

I have Winrar installed and when I open a .cab file, Winrar is the default program. I have read (tonight) that Win ME can open .cab files without any other software. You may have to have compressed (.zip) folders enabled?? This is for Win 98...... http://home.earthlink.net/~leetutor/DoWin/SysTools/cabfile.htm

One solution to getting the images from the camera to the system without any drivers is to use a SD card in the camera (its 32MB internal memory might allow you as few as six pictures) and a SD Card Reader/Writer like the SanDisk SD Card USB 2.0 Reader/Writer. One interesting article points out that you can edit you files and save them back to the SD card and then view them on the camera. There are a number of such products on the market. Some systems even come with SD/MMC slots built-in and accessable on the front panel. Windows XP treats them as removable drives. (Wish the Kodak cameras worked that way. Some like the Microtek S1 Digital Camera do!)