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Started by BertieBigBollox
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38
HP1660 - printer drivers for Windows 2000
Author: BertieBigBollox
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38
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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?
Re: HP1660 - printer drivers for Windows 2000
Author: 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?
Re: HP1660 - printer drivers for Windows 2000
Author: �n�hw��f
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:35
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:35
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"BertieBigBollox@gmail.com" <bertiebigbollox@gmail.com> clouded the waters of pure thought with news:bb6a4edc-932f-48bb-8417-97aa072796c0@u41g2000yqe.googlegroups.co m: > 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 >> >> 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 - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > 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. -- http://home.comcast.net/~wizardofwhimsy/index.html cageprisoners.com|www.snuhwolf.9f.com|www.eyeonpalin.org _____ ____ ____ __ /\_/\ __ _ ______ _____ / __/ |/ / / / / // // . . \\ \ |\ | / __ \ \ \ __\ _\ \/ / /_/ / _ / \ / \ \| \| \ \_\ \ \__\ _\ /___/_/|_/\____/_//_/ \_@_/ \__|\__|\____/\____\_\
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