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Greg Mayman said:
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> On Tue, 6 May 2008 07:56:43 -0400 (EDT), ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> My friend had to buy a new printer to go with his new
>> Vista computer. His almost new H/P, perfectly fine printer
>> was not supported by Vista. No drivers that he could find.
>
> Would the W2K (or whatever) drivers not work?

No, they wouldn't.


I just did a little research. HP officially says that it will not
provide Vista drivers for products older than 24 months. However,
many people say that there are workarounds, which my friend was not
aware of, so he bought a new printer. He gave up too soon.

Google knows all and chances were good that many people have the same
problem as he did and are discussing it. But you have to dig for yourself.
I wish my friend had asked me before he gave up.

There are drivers that aren't supposed to work, but they do.

Many people are pissed off with HP about this.

Sam Ewalt
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