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Article #8Re: HP1660 - printer drivers for Windows 2000
From: Don Schmidt
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00
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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 or 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 "BertieBigBollox@gmail.com" <bertiebigbollox@gmail.com> wrote in message 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-pcl-1241- > avis-opinions.php3). > > Or is it just a tough that a lot of manufacturers no longer write > printer drivers for windows 2000?
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