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by headceo

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I would like to know exactly where I would be able to locate a downloadable driver for my Epson Stylus Color ESC P2 printer, so that it will work with Windows XP. I checked Epson's website & it says that my printer will work with Windows XP. Plus,there is supposed to be a downloadable driver on this website for those of us who operate on Windows XP, but I seem to be having a bit of a difficult time trying to locate the driver. So, I guess what I would like to know is that if there is anyoneout there that would happen to know where I would possibly find the driver that I need, in order for my printer to work with Windows XP. Any assistance with this matter would be very much appreciated.

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by dmiles

Go to the web site
www.epson.com-this will be the home page and then look under Online Support
select the Driver and File downloads
The driver is also built in with Windows XP but has limited capabilities,so you would want to download the driver from Epson

by headceo

I've already gone this route & I did not find any driver(s) listed for Windows XP. All I found were drivers to be used with Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, DOS & certain Mac user files. Thanks anyway.

by timthetoolman

Hi,

I've searched the net a fair bit for this driver for you but it doesn't look like Epson has written it yet.

I HAVE found a page that lists that your specific driver as "being waited on" where you can register your interest in it and be notified if/when it becomes available...

http://www.paperbits.com/

On that site there is an NT version of the driver but I wouldn't try it unless you have absolutely no other options. The guts of NT is very similar to Win2K and WinXP so there is aslight chance it'll work.

As soulrider said, the Epson site specifically states that the drivers from Microsoft should work for you so I'd persist in trying to make them work.

If they dont, then a message or phone call to Epson support may be in order...

Cheers,
Tim.

by headceo

Again, I've already been down this route, too. Except that I haven't tried calling yet, because I do not have long distance service here. It seems that the only driver available for my printer was for Windows 3.1, which I did have on another PC when I bought this printer nearly 7 years ago. Again, thanks for trying.

by mphoffar

I found the following address...

http://support.epson.com/webadvice/wa0303.html

From what I see, there isn't a driver that's been published yet on Epson's website, but there is one to use that came natively with XP. Basically if you use that you won't have the ability to -

- Check your ink levels

- Print at 2880dpi (if your printer supports that resolution)

- Advanced Color Management features

- Advanced Page Layout features like watermarks, multi-page support, or doublesided printing (if your printer supports this feature)

I don't know if those are important to you or not. If they are, your next question should be which controller utility you should be using with that printer, or which drivers and setups that currently have XP drivers, are cross compatable with your particular model.

Good luck to you

Mark

by headceo

Exactly why I need this file. Since XP doesn't provide such features, it is quite important that I have these features for my own use with my Epson Stylus Color ESC P2 Printer. Once Again, thanks for trying.

by timthetoolman

If the printer is seven years old, then I think I'd be making that call !

There are lots of manufacturers who wont be supplying drivers for XP for old equipment. Certainly they wont re-write all their drivers unless they feel there is a business case for doing so...

A dissatisfied customer begins a business case. You might not be the first... and you might indeed be the 20th lucky customer...(to initiate having the drivers re-written).

Hope you eventually find them...

Cheers,
Tim.

by timthetoolman

Oh, and as one last comment... you could try installing the NT drivers and if they dont work, use XP's rollback facility to get back to the XP drivers which should give you the printing ability and hopfully leave intact the control software for the rest of the printing options

Without a "real" driver, this control software may or may not work, though.

by headceo

I can't do so until tomorrow, unfortunately, since they are already closed for the night. I figured that this was the next route for me to go, since I obviously wasn't succeeding at locating the XP driver for this printer. Again, thanks for trying.

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