Win98SE on XP Pro: Printer Driver Workaround?

It never ceases to amaze, there is invariably a new issue which arises on a
regular basis, and I need to come back to the well here looking for help.

I have been happily running an old version of EZ CD Creator on my Virtual PC
(Roxio never made its software back compatible, and I had a load of cd tray
inserts in a format which otherwise was irretrievable), works fine under
Windows 98SE on my Dell Vostro XP Pro system.

An old printer of mine died, but the new Canon Pixma ip4600 does not have
available Windows 98 drivers.

I am afraid that the answer will be...out of luck unless I get a different
printer which has Windows 98 drivers...but thought I'd at least ask if there
were any possible secret workarounds on this.

Thanks in advance as always to those who help others with these questions.

Peter
--
pg

Just network the new printer.
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Wesley


"petergoode" wrote:

> It never ceases to amaze, there is invariably a new issue which arises on a
> regular basis, and I need to come back to the well here looking for help.
>
> I have been happily running an old version of EZ CD Creator on my Virtual PC
> (Roxio never made its software back compatible, and I had a load of cd tray
> inserts in a format which otherwise was irretrievable), works fine under
> Windows 98SE on my Dell Vostro XP Pro system.
>
> An old printer of mine died, but the new Canon Pixma ip4600 does not have
> available Windows 98 drivers.
>
> I am afraid that the answer will be...out of luck unless I get a different
> printer which has Windows 98 drivers...but thought I'd at least ask if there
> were any possible secret workarounds on this.
>
> Thanks in advance as always to those who help others with these questions.
>
> Peter
> --
> pg

You still need a Win98 driver...

--
Bob Comer


On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:33:01 -0700, Wesley
<> wrote:

>Just network the new printer.

Pretty much what I figured would be the case...oh well...thanks for responding!
--
pg


"Robert Comer" wrote:

> You still need a Win98 driver...
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:33:01 -0700, Wesley
> <> wrote:
>
> >Just network the new printer.
>

No problem.

Does the manual for your printer list any emulation modes? Sometimes
printers emulate older printers and you can use the old printer's
driver.

--
Bob Comer


On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:17:02 -0700, petergoode
<> wrote:

>Pretty much what I figured would be the case...oh well...thanks for responding!

357 pages, alas, no emulation mode.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I thought maybe there was some sort of trick workaround, but I guess Windows
98 is Windows 98!
--
pg


"Robert Comer" wrote:

> No problem.
>
> Does the manual for your printer list any emulation modes? Sometimes
> printers emulate older printers and you can use the old printer's
> driver.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:17:02 -0700, petergoode
> <> wrote:
>
> >Pretty much what I figured would be the case...oh well...thanks for responding!
>

>I thought maybe there was some sort of trick workaround, but I guess Windows
>98 is Windows 98!

Windows is Windows! <g>

--
Bob Comer


On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:51:04 -0700, petergoode
<> wrote:

>357 pages, alas, no emulation mode.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion, though.
>
>I thought maybe there was some sort of trick workaround, but I guess Windows
>98 is Windows 98!

Unfortunately, well stated.

Too bad I refuse to give in and get a mac.

<g>

--
pg


"Robert Comer" wrote:

> >I thought maybe there was some sort of trick workaround, but I guess Windows
> >98 is Windows 98!
>
> Windows is Windows! <g>
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:51:04 -0700, petergoode
> <> wrote:
>
> >357 pages, alas, no emulation mode.
> >
> >Thanks for the suggestion, though.
> >
> >I thought maybe there was some sort of trick workaround, but I guess Windows
> >98 is Windows 98!
>

I still prefer Windows by a good margin!

--
Bob Comer




On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:24:08 -0700, petergoode
<> wrote:

>Unfortunately, well stated.
>
>Too bad I refuse to give in and get a mac.
>
><g>