Epson lq 870

[saimen]

Hi
i have a Epson lq 870 dot-matrix printer and i can't install it on a win7 machine. is there a possibility to install it on a other way. On the Epson website i didn't find the drivers.
I thougt to install a virtual machine with my inventory software that needs the printer. I read somewhere that windows 7 has a modus to emulate winxp. does it work also for drivers or only for software?
thanks

 

[Johnathan Lyman]

Hi
i have a Epson lq 870 dot-matrix printer and i can't install it on a win7 machine. is there a possibility to install it on a other way. On the Epson website i didn't find the drivers.
I thougt to install a virtual machine with my inventory software that needs the printer. I read somewhere that windows 7 has a modus to emulate winxp. does it work also for drivers or only for software?
thanks

As long as you have Hardware Virtualization available to you [only about 2/3 of processors have that option built into them] you can run anything pretty much within Windows XP Mode.

However, you also need to take into account that the LQ 870 is a damn old printer. The last operating system it was supported on was Windows 98 & Windows NT 4. So much has changed since then within Windows and how it handles drivers, I'd honestly say you have a 1 in 1000 chance it'll work correctly. With XP mode, given you meet the hardware requirements [you can find out by following Step 2 HERE] I'd say 1 in 5 chance then.

 

[whest]

Here is a link to the processors that support virtualization -

Which Intel CPUs Support XP Mode Virtualization? - Tom's Hardware

 

[richc46]

Hi
i have a Epson lq 870 dot-matrix printer and i can't install it on a win7 machine. is there a possibility to install it on a other way. On the Epson website i didn't find the drivers.
I thougt to install a virtual machine with my inventory software that needs the printer. I read somewhere that windows 7 has a modus to emulate winxp. does it work also for drivers or only for software?
thanks

As long as you have Hardware Virtualization available to you [only about 2/3 of processors have that option built into them] you can run anything pretty much within Windows XP Mode.

However, you also need to take into account that the LQ 870 is a damn old printer. The last operating system it was supported on was Windows 98 & Windows NT 4. So much has changed since then within Windows and how it handles drivers, I'd honestly say you have a 1 in 1000 chance it'll work correctly. With XP mode, given you meet the hardware requirements [you can find out by following Step 2 HERE] I'd say 1 in 5 chance then.

I think that XP simulation is just for versions of Windows above HP.

 

[jirkajohnny]

Happy

I used USB to 1284 Axago I installed a driver for the EPSON LQ-680C and the printer works . No problem.