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Old October 25th 07, 09:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Foo
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:

How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?

Response:


Dear Customer,



Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center.



With reference to your question, I would like to inform you that
we do not offer any printers which is compatible with DOS/Win
98. I apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused to
you.



I hope this information has been of assistance to you. Please
reply to this message or for online Chat assistance please visit
- http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/help.do if there
is anything further we can do. For your convenience, you may
also call the HP Home and Home Office Sales Center directly at
1-888-999-4747 Monday - Sunday: 7:00 AM - 2:00 AM EST
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Old October 25th 07, 01:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Dan
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

The HP Photosmart C4180 All-In-One with printer, scanner, and copier will
work with Windows 98 Second Edition but it is not officially supported.

"foo" wrote:

Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:

How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?

Response:


Dear Customer,



Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center.



With reference to your question, I would like to inform you that
we do not offer any printers which is compatible with DOS/Win
98. I apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused to
you.



I hope this information has been of assistance to you. Please
reply to this message or for online Chat assistance please visit
- http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/help.do if there
is anything further we can do. For your convenience, you may
also call the HP Home and Home Office Sales Center directly at
1-888-999-4747 Monday - Sunday: 7:00 AM - 2:00 AM EST

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Old October 25th 07, 05:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
John John
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win98

http://www.okidata.com/mkt/html/nf/B4350Home.html

John

foo wrote:

Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:

How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?

Response:


Dear Customer,



Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center.



With reference to your question, I would like to inform you that
we do not offer any printers which is compatible with DOS/Win
98. I apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused to
you.



I hope this information has been of assistance to you. Please
reply to this message or for online Chat assistance please visit
- http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/help.do if there
is anything further we can do. For your convenience, you may
also call the HP Home and Home Office Sales Center directly at
1-888-999-4747 Monday - Sunday: 7:00 AM - 2:00 AM EST


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Old October 25th 07, 06:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Don Phillipson
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

"foo" wrote in message
...

Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:
How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?


You may get a better response by asking Brother Inc.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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Old October 25th 07, 11:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Ron Martell
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

foo wrote:

Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:

How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?

The Brother MFC7820N Printer/Scanner/Fax/Copier/PC Fax has parallel,
USB, and Network ports and has drivers for Windows 98 original and up.
I just bought one and have it directly connected to the home network.

Two shortcomings:
1. It does not have "smart ring answer" for incoming faxes, which I
used with my old Panasonic thermal fax.
2. It does not have drivers for Windows Server verrsions. I have a
machine running the just-release Windows Home Server and I can't use
the printer with that PC.

Other than that I am a happy camper and the photocopier, thermal fax,
flatbed scanner and old laser printer have all vacated my desk.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
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Old October 26th 07, 06:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
teebo
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

Den 2007-10-25 10:50:12 skrev foo :
Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:
How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?
Response:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center.
With reference to your question, I would like to inform you that
we do not offer any printers which is compatible with DOS/Win 98


yes HP removed all their drivers for windows98 this summer
with some vague referens to that their license with some
third party (ms?) was terminated

So it would be nice if anyone that have drivers for their HP Printer
(and other HP things) could post them on a webpage somewhere
with perhaps a pointer here, so people can find them if they
need to reinstall their windows98.


DOS is whole other problem. DOS itself don't need a driver
to print with a parallel port printer. just print.
Some programs run in dos might need them though to print
graphics and fonts etc and HP still have drivers on their page
for DOS-programs (and for Win3.11)
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Old October 26th 07, 06:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Brian A.
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

"teebo" wrote in message newsp.t0tdzejqbr8ivg@300pl...
Den 2007-10-25 10:50:12 skrev foo :
Inquiry to Hewlett Packard:
How can I find laser printers that have a parallel port and work
with DOS/Win 98?
Response:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center.
With reference to your question, I would like to inform you that
we do not offer any printers which is compatible with DOS/Win 98


yes HP removed all their drivers for windows98 this summer
with some vague referens to that their license with some
third party (ms?) was terminated

So it would be nice if anyone that have drivers for their HP Printer
(and other HP things) could post them on a webpage somewhere
with perhaps a pointer here, so people can find them if they
need to reinstall their windows98.


http://www.driverguide.com/



DOS is whole other problem. DOS itself don't need a driver
to print with a parallel port printer. just print.
Some programs run in dos might need them though to print
graphics and fonts etc and HP still have drivers on their page
for DOS-programs (and for Win3.11)



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Old October 27th 07, 03:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Franc Zabkar
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:11:37 GMT, teebo put finger to
keyboard and composed:

So it would be nice if anyone that have drivers for their HP Printer
(and other HP things) could post them on a webpage somewhere
with perhaps a pointer here, so people can find them if they
need to reinstall their windows98.


Try the Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://support.hp.com

- Franc Zabkar
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Old October 27th 07, 11:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Name
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win 98

teebo wrote in newsp.t0tdzejqbr8ivg@300pl:

Den 2007-10-25 10:50:12 skrev foo :
DOS is whole other problem. DOS itself don't need a driver
to print with a parallel port printer. just print.


I understand HP has removed parallel ports from their printers
too.

Lots of Win 98 users still use DOS programs under 98 that don't
work easily with USB printers.
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Old October 27th 07, 02:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
John John
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Default HP Says they No Longer Sell Laser Printer Compatible with Win98

Name wrote:

teebo wrote in newsp.t0tdzejqbr8ivg@300pl:


Den 2007-10-25 10:50:12 skrev foo :
DOS is whole other problem. DOS itself don't need a driver
to print with a parallel port printer. just print.



I understand HP has removed parallel ports from their printers
too.

Lots of Win 98 users still use DOS programs under 98 that don't
work easily with USB printers.


The problem is that many of the newer printers are GDi only and DOS
applications cannot print to them. If the printer doesn't do PCL
emulation chances are DOS applications can't use it, verify with the
printer manufacturer. Many, if not almost all, multi-function printers
sold today are GDI only.

In days of old printers had "brains". The print processing was done by
the printer, the DOS applications only needed to send minimal
instructions to the printer and the printer did all the work of
preparing and assembling the printed documents. These printers were
more expensive than their newer counterparts. In a bid to save money
printer manufacturers have gradually striped all the "brains" out of
their printers in favour of software driven printers, now all the work
is done by software instead of the actual printer hardware, that has
reduced the cost of printers but these printers are "Windows" only
printers and DOS applications cannot use them, or at least cannot use
them without third party solutions. If you want the printer to be DOS
compatible you usually have to pay more for PCL emulation capability.

It's hard to know exactly how much money the manufacturers are actually
saving by having stripped all the "brains" out of the printers but it
probably amounts to a massive amount of about 42¢, although some think
it's probably more like 12 cents per unit...

There are software solutions for printing to these new printers,
basically a peice of software captures an LPT port and it then
translates the output from the DOS application and sends it to the printer.

John
 




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