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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
My little sister-in-law had her 1 year old Dell laptop (with XP) fried in a thunderstorm this summer. I ordered her a new one after they started charging for XP, so we went with Vista (for free). Now her 1 year old HP laser printer will not work, and HP does not have a Vista driver available. To me, Vista is an ploy to force customers to replace their hardware and software, disguised with a prettier OS. Now I either have to install XP for her, or she has to replace her printer.
Matt, use an available (older if possible) printer driver. It should work fine. If graphics are not an issue, a plain old LJ4 driver is rock solid. If it doesn't, I'm HP authorized on many laser printers. If I can't fix it, slodave knows everything. He can help.
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