Share an old printer on XP?


  1. 3DPiper
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    Windows 7
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    Share an old printer on XP?


    I have a laser printer that is abandoned by Canon (ImageClass D761)..
    However, I have an old XP notebook that I can print to it..

    Can I share the printer through XP and print to it via Win7? There are no drivers for it in Win7..

    Or will I just have to make PDFs of everything I want to print and send them to the XP notebook and print from there.....?
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  3. UsernameIssues
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    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
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    Your system specs does not state what version of W7 you have - can you make use of the XP Mode?
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  4. ibshaw
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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    Check if there is a Vista driver which may work in W7 - if not, you can share the printer while connected to the XP laptop over a local network if you know how to do that ?

    Let me know and I can help.
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