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Standard User micksharpe
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 24-Apr-14 01:28:35
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Re: Cant get printer to work on win 8.1 x64


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In that thread you linked to mick the poster said a win 8 patch may be forthcoming so there is hope for my rock solid 710c, although I can now print across the network to the D1460.
You're right. I missed that. Someone at Microsoft must be very dedicated to provide Windows 8 support for these printers.

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Standard User XRaySpeX
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 24-Apr-14 02:06:34
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Re: Cant get printer to work on win 8.1 x64


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The HP 710C is a very old model. It is parallel port only.
How old?

FWIW: I have an XP-connected HP DeskJet 895Cxi Parallel printer, which could be same vintage (takes same ink), that is accessible shared across network by my (EDIT: ) 64-bit Win8.1 laptop. Pretty sure when I 'added' it to W8.1 it found the necessary drivers.

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Standard User philippercival
(fountain of knowledge) Thu 24-Apr-14 11:36:53
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Re: Cant get printer to work on win 8.1 x64


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General point. I have a very old HP laser jet 6P, which is paralell port only. As my machine (Win7 64bit) is USB only I gladly accepted a USB to Parallel port converter that my Sister in law no longer need. It works a treat.

Last time I tried admittedly not recently, I was able to print to both the printers connected to the Win 7 machine from the win8 laptop.

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Standard User philippercival
(fountain of knowledge) Sat 26-Apr-14 11:34:47
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Re: Cant get printer to work on win 8.1 x64


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Update:

A while ago I updated the laptop to 8.1, or maybe it did it itself. I have just turned it on for the first time in weeks, (well at home anyway) and as stated in the original posting, it will not talk to either of the printers on my Win 7 box. On Win 8 as per the pre-install, it did work.

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