Epson Stylus Pro 7000 Windows 7 Compatibility  


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    Windows 7
       #1

    Epson Stylus Pro 7000 Windows 7 Compatibility


    Hi,

    Can anyone help me out with printing to my Epson Stylus Pro 7000 from windows 7 64 bit?

    There is no Vista or windows 7 driver available so I have tried running the XP driver in compatibility mode but I don't think it likes the 64 bit OS.

    Is there a generic print driver that might work? Any suggesgions would be great!

    Cheers
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  2. Posts : 4,280
    Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit / XP Home sp3
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    Welcome to windows seven forum: Unfortunately it looks like your going to be in the market for a new printer. How old is your printer? I only ask since I see drivers going back to win 95. The XP driver is dated 12/10/01. Fabe
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  3. Posts : 1,614
    Windows 7 Pro & Vista Home Premium
       #3

    Seems there's only drivers for XP and 2000
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    That doesn't sound too promising!.... thanks for the comments though guys - I'm wondering if I should go back to XP!
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Oh - yeah the printer is pretty old, but it works great and best of all it was given to me free!
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    Windows 7 Pro & Vista Home Premium
       #6

    That's all good, but it doesn;'t work
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  7. Posts : 7,683
    Windows 10 Pro
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    Wow, I can't believe there are no W7 drivers for that printer. I have both an Epson Stylus Photo R800 and an Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and Epson has provided Windows 7 64-bit drivers for both. I've had my 2200 since 03, and my R800 since 04. In fact Epson just released a new W7 64-bit driver set for my 2200 on 11 Dec 09.

    Yeah I know not all their printers are going to have W7 support, but the Pro or Photo series printers should, and I believe that 7000 falls in that catagory.

    Incidentally I just looked here - Epson America, Inc. - Support: Microsoft Windows 7 Support to see of your printer was listed and its not

    That's why it was probably given to you

    The only thing I can say to that is try running it in comaptiblity mode, or If you have an XP machine, hook it up to it and have the XP machine share it.

    Good luck
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    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Yeah I know - it sucks! A friend suggested I could try running XP as a virtual PC within windows 7 and print from there - he wasn't sure if it would work but I'm going to give it a shot. I'll let you know if it works!
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  9. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #9

    It works!... This could be a good solution for anyone wanting to print to an old printer. Windows Virtual PC is free from microsoft and it doesnt require partitioning your hard drive, or restarting when you want to print - you can also access all your documents directly from the virtual machine.

    So there you go!
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