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problem getting old printer working
Hi,
My wife just got a gateway netbook with the windows 7 starter edition, and I dug out an old printer from about 2003, Dell A940 printer/scanner. I downloaded the necessary drivers I think. It'll scan but it will not print. Word reccognizes the printer by the way, but if I try to print I get the error, Windows cannot print due to the current printer set up (or something like that).
Under start -> Devices and Printers the printer says status: Needs troubleshooting, however the troubleshooter can find no problems. Also, under Dell A940 properties -> Hardware, there are a series of device functions that all report "This device is working properly." Also, I checked the Windows 7 Compatability center, and it said that Windows 7 is not compatable with this printer. I am really not too familiar with windows, I'm an linux user as opposed to the pretentious ranks of mac users :) , so excuse me if i'm obviously not looking in the right place, but does anyone have any insight into what I need to do to get this printer working. Alternatively, if this printer is really not compatable, does anyone know of a workaround? Also, please forgive any spelling errors, this netbook keyboard is tiny :)