Printer Driver

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My Printer Lexmark 7100 and Brother 7420 and Fax driver is not working with
WIndows Vista Home Premium. What do I do?

Thanks in advance.
 
Gil said:
My Printer Lexmark 7100 and Brother 7420 and Fax driver is not working
with
WIndows Vista Home Premium. What do I do?

Thanks in advance.
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Check on the printer manufacturer's web site to see if they have put out
Vista drivers, it not yet, then send an inquiry to their tech support to ask
if they will be. Some legacy hardware will not be supported, which means
you have to get a new hardware device or dual boot with XP or other such
solutions.
 
Rock,

Your answer is correct but.... There is an alternative and if the printer
is a good one (not a $49 printer), he could try purchasing a print server
with the correct interface (USB or parallel) and make it a network printer.
Instructions come with the print server but basically, you make a new port
type using the print server software or use Vista's Local TCP/IP type port.
Worked for me but I have some pricey hardware for printing and plotting that
I wanted to keep. A "good" print server like an HP will cost around $100
but others can be had for half that price and may work as well.

Bob S.
 
BobS said:
Rock,

Your answer is correct but.... There is an alternative and if the printer
is a good one (not a $49 printer), he could try purchasing a print server
with the correct interface (USB or parallel) and make it a network
printer. Instructions come with the print server but basically, you make a
new port type using the print server software or use Vista's Local TCP/IP
type port. Worked for me but I have some pricey hardware for printing and
plotting that I wanted to keep. A "good" print server like an HP will
cost around $100 but others can be had for half that price and may work as
well.

Bob S.
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Good suggestion Bob, I've not used or set up print servers so it didn't
occur to me. I have one legacy NEC laser printer with no Vista driver
support. I may look into that, but then it's old, though good; I might
just get a new printer.
 
Rock,

Nuthin to the SETUP (that's fer Chad....)

If you have a CompUSA nearby, pick up their branded model - it works nicely
and inexpensive. Just like setting up a small router and they're accessible
via the browser. If you have a good printer - even though it's old - well
worth it. I have an old HP4 Laserjet that is like brand new and an HP
designjet plotter that I use. Amazingly *both* were recognized by Vista but
I still made the HP4 a network printer so I can access from any system.

Bob S.
 
BobS said:
Rock,

Nuthin to the SETUP (that's fer Chad....)

If you have a CompUSA nearby, pick up their branded model - it works
nicely and inexpensive. Just like setting up a small router and they're
accessible via the browser. If you have a good printer - even though it's
old - well worth it. I have an old HP4 Laserjet that is like brand new
and an HP designjet plotter that I use. Amazingly *both* were recognized
by Vista but I still made the HP4 a network printer so I can access from
any system.
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Thanks Bob.
 
Thank you so much for your advice. Rock

Rock said:
Check on the printer manufacturer's web site to see if they have put out
Vista drivers, it not yet, then send an inquiry to their tech support to ask
if they will be. Some legacy hardware will not be supported, which means
you have to get a new hardware device or dual boot with XP or other such
solutions.
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Thank you BobS for your advice. But this printer server work with all in
one printer?
I mean to say work with my scanner and fax?
 
Gil,

Look at the documentation and see if that printer/fax/scanner can be
"networked". Typically, a scanner cannot be network because it uses a Twain
driver but... I do not know about an all-in-one model. What is the make and
model number and I'll look it up.

Bob S.
 
Gil,

Look at the documentation and see if that printer/fax/scanner can be
"networked". Typically, a scanner cannot be network because it uses a Twain
driver but... I do not know about an all-in-one model. What is the make and
model number and I'll look it up.

Bob S.
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All in ones use a multi-port built-in server. Each port is a
"function", Print/scan/Fax
Brother networked MFC's work great on the net.
There currently is not a (network) FAX driver, but Print and Scan work
well with all the features I use, as functional as they were on XP,W2k
 
Help I upgraded from XP to Vist Home P... now my new Lexmark X1270 does not
work, won't work.. Lexmark have given me a XP cleanup program which i have
run and have tried to insatll the new "vista driver". The driver downloads
but will not work... Anyone got any ideas???

Cheers

ger
 
You said the "...driver downloads but will not work...". What does "will not
work" mean? Does it mean you are able to install the driver but the printer
problem is still there? Or do you get an error message when trying to
install the driver? Please be more specific when you say things like "does
not work." That means different things to different people (i.e. printer
does not print, printer prints garbage, prints only every other page, etc.).

Tim
 
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