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On Jan 15, 4:11 pm, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <Xns9D0061BE79EA3snuhwolfyahoo...@216.196.97.142>, §nühw¤£f
> <snuhw...@yahoo.com> writes
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>
>
> >"BertieBigBol...@gmail.com" <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> clouded the
> >waters of pure thought with
> >news:bb6a4edc-932f-48bb-8417-97aa072796c0@u41g2000yqe.googlegroups.co
> >m:
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> >> On Jan 14, 1:00 pm, "Don Schmidt" <Don Engin...@PNB.Retired_1987>
> >> wrote:
> >>> The following is posted on the HP site.
>
> >>> "Don't see your operating system?
> >>> If your operating system is not listed above, HP does not have
> >>> software o
> >> r
> >>> driver downloads available for this product in that operating
> >>> system."
>
> >>> Windows 2000 wasn't listed.
>
> >>> Seems your choices are, upgrade to Windows XP or a compatible
> >>> printer.
>
> >>> --
> >>> Don
> >>> Vancouver, USA
>
> >>> "BertieBigBol...@gmail.com" <bertiebigbol...@gmail.com> wrote in
> >>> message
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> >>>news:1dbe2b0d-21b7-47de-a874-5fb38fc28e9a@26g2000yqo.googlegroups.
> >>> com...
>
> >>> >A friend has got an old PC running Windows 2000 and has just
> >>> >bought a
> >>> > HP 1660 printer.
>
> >>> > Cant find the printer drivers - not on the HP website for
> >>> > Windows 2000.
>
> >>> > Any ideas? Would the HP Universal Print Driver (UPD) PCL 5 4.5
> >>> > work?
> >>> > (http://en.kioskea.net/download/hp-universal-print-driver-upd-pc
> >>> > l-1241- avis-opinions.php3).
>
> >>> > Or is it just a tough that a lot of manufacturers no longer
> >>> > write printer drivers for windows 2000?- Hide quoted text -
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> >> Yes, but wondered if there were any 3rd party non-HP drivers?
>
> >Not for Windoze. HP dosen't support earlier versions of M$ than what
> >was current when the printer was built.
> >You *can* try getting CUPS running on windows...if you're a
> >masochist.
> >Or just use linux which has better printer support at this point
> >anyway.
> >I'm in a similar boat: w98 era printer with wXP OS.
> >No fuckin drivers for XP.
>
> This may not help, but I have an old laptop running W95. Several
> programs, which are specced for a minimum of XP, do seem to run OK on it
> (albeit very slowly because of the lack of memory and hard disk space,
> and a slow processor).
>
> I reckon that nothing below XP is not mentioned may not be that these
> programs don't work. It may simply be that no tests were done to see if
> they actually did work. I know that experts will say that you might
> screw up your computer, but is it possible that the printer will
> actually work with an XP driver?
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> Ian- Hide quoted text -
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Nah. Doesnt install. Complains that version of OS is wrong.