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From: DMP on 24 Nov 2009 12:23
Dominic Payer wrote:
>
> The XP driver is 32-bit and would not work. You need signed 64-bit
> drivers for 64-bit Windows.
>
> You could set up XP in a virtual machine and run your printer from that
> but it would be a cumbersome arrangement. The required networking
> between the VM and W7 might be fragile if you wanted to use it as a
> networked printer. Transferring documents to the VM or a shared folder
> so you could then print them from the VM would be tedious if you had
> more than the occasional document to print.
>
>
> On 24/11/2009 12:36, DMP wrote:
>> Dominic Payer wrote:
>>> You would probably do best with a new printer.
>>>
>>> There is no Laserjet III driver in Windows 7. There was in Vista.
>>>
>>> The Action Laser 1500 does not have a USB interface, so there will be
>>> no compatible USB driver. Try installing on a parallel port.
>>>
>>> Does the motherboard have a header for a parallel and/or serial port?
>>> If so, you could add a port to one of your vacant slots and enable the
>>> header in the BIOS.
>>>
>>> There are PCI parallel and serial port cards.
>>>
>>> See
>>> http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Dot-Matrix/Epson-FX-80/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=3394.
>>>
>>> There are drivers included with Windows 7 which will run the printer
>>> in some LQ and FX emulations. You would need a parallel or serial port
>>> to do this.
>>>
>>> You could spend much time on this for poor or no result.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Dominic: Thanks for your answer. I kinda figured as much.
>>
>> Let me belabor this for a bit more.....what would happen if I got my
>> Windows XP disk and tried to setup the Action Laser printer with an XP
>> driver in 32-bit compatability mode?
>>
>> Appreciate your help.
>>
>> Diane
>>
>>
>>

Dominic-Thanks to you and OP for answering.

I am going to look for a new printer.....disappointed but far more
practical.

Diane
From: Alan Morris [MSFT] on 24 Nov 2009 21:42
Use the Windows Update button in Add Printer to list all the drivers
included in Vista.

I can only warn you that many USB to Parallel cables do not work with all
devices. The Action Laser is as you stated a workhorse and it really never
had many bells or whistles so I'd think many cables would work with it. I
can only recommend the Belkin F5U002, this works great on several HPs
including the 4L. The next route would be a PCI LPT card. I recommend a 1
port card since then you do not have to guess which port is one and two
after PnP adds the device.



--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"DMP" <dianemp(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:heh4qh$o04$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
> Dominic Payer wrote:
>>
>> The XP driver is 32-bit and would not work. You need signed 64-bit
>> drivers for 64-bit Windows.
>>
>> You could set up XP in a virtual machine and run your printer from that
>> but it would be a cumbersome arrangement. The required networking between
>> the VM and W7 might be fragile if you wanted to use it as a networked
>> printer. Transferring documents to the VM or a shared folder so you could
>> then print them from the VM would be tedious if you had more than the
>> occasional document to print.
>>
>>
>> On 24/11/2009 12:36, DMP wrote:
>>> Dominic Payer wrote:
>>>> You would probably do best with a new printer.
>>>>
>>>> There is no Laserjet III driver in Windows 7. There was in Vista.
>>>>
>>>> The Action Laser 1500 does not have a USB interface, so there will be
>>>> no compatible USB driver. Try installing on a parallel port.
>>>>
>>>> Does the motherboard have a header for a parallel and/or serial port?
>>>> If so, you could add a port to one of your vacant slots and enable the
>>>> header in the BIOS.
>>>>
>>>> There are PCI parallel and serial port cards.
>>>>
>>>> See
>>>> http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Dot-Matrix/Epson-FX-80/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=3394.
>>>> There are drivers included with Windows 7 which will run the printer
>>>> in some LQ and FX emulations. You would need a parallel or serial port
>>>> to do this.
>>>>
>>>> You could spend much time on this for poor or no result.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Dominic: Thanks for your answer. I kinda figured as much.
>>>
>>> Let me belabor this for a bit more.....what would happen if I got my
>>> Windows XP disk and tried to setup the Action Laser printer with an XP
>>> driver in 32-bit compatability mode?
>>>
>>> Appreciate your help.
>>>
>>> Diane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> Dominic-Thanks to you and OP for answering.
>
> I am going to look for a new printer.....disappointed but far more
> practical.
>
> Diane


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