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Windows 7 No Printer Driver Ricoh AC204
I recently upgraded to windows 7 home 64bit and tried to install my printer and my computer couldn't locate a driver and the supplied disk wouldn't work. The printer is a Ricoh AC204. I contacted Ricoh directly and was informed that there is no driver for windows 7 64 bit or windows 7 at all for that matter. Customer service informed me that since the printer is old they will not be making a driver that is windows 7 compatible. I read about a workaround using an old machine with windows xp as a dedicated printer server and that if I printed to it through the network I wouldn't need a driver for my windows 7 machine. I see pleanty of old machines around for free or cheap so it sounded like a good solution. My question is will this actually work and if so I was wondering if anyone could shead a little light on specifically how to accomplish this. If this is not a good solution I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas how I could use this printer with my windows 7 system.