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re: cant install dot matrix printer Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 3:27 pm Posted by Gilzean (659 messages posted) Seems that Epson do not supply a driver for XP LQ-200 Impact Printer Support Drivers & Downloads Best bet would be to buy a new printer I reckon Too old to die young [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cant install dot matrix printer Monday, March 8, 2010 at 2:24 am Posted by Dorset man (39 messages posted) I used dot matrix printers about 15 years ago - your one could be worth something at an antiques market. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: cant install dot matrix printer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 6:31 am Posted by Charlie Hadden (1338 messages posted) Do the obvious and check your cables, power, etc. You may try in compatibility mode. I have a number of customers that are successfully running basic printing functions under Vista with the native drivers provided. That does not guarantee that it will work for you, You may be able to go into the driver set-up manually and try to manually point our a driver for a machine of the same make-similar model and get away with that. I have had good success doing that. Bottom line is there are very few Dot-Matrix units that have proven still viable in todays market. Some of the better business models will do the job if you have a particular need. You might find some help in this endeavor at the following link; http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895612 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum