Old IBM driver

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Bill

I've offered someone who needs a wide-carriage printer my old IBM
Quickwriter 5204.
I can't remember when I last used it or whether it needed drivers.

Can anyone tell me whether it will work at all under Windows XP? I
haven't any means of testing and don't want to dump a load of problems
on him.

TIA
 
Grant Gafston said:
I just checked, in Win XP's "Add a printer/device" options they list the
IBM QuickWriter 5204 as one of the built-in drivers that comes with XP.

XP's default drivers usually work quite well, some work even better than
OEM drivers for common tasks, but keep in mind that not all printer
features and options might be available from these stripped-down drivers.
Extended features are usually available in the printer's control panel that
gets installed by the OEM's driver packages. You might find them through
IBM or at some online driver archive.
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That's marvellous. Thanks.
 
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