Windows 7 has no driver for my perfectly good printer

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Epson Printer

Repair and disassembly guides for Epson printer. The company was founded in 1942 as Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd., but merged with another company in 1959 to create Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd.

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Diane Dew @dianedew

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Windows 7 has no driver for my perfectly good printer

I have a perfectly-working (although pretty old) Epson EPL-5700i laser printer. When I upgraded my computer to Windows 7, I found that this printer is not supported and so there is no driver available. I checked many sources, including the Epson website and the Microsoft website. I tried downloading some generic drivers but could not get any of them to work.

It hurts my heart to think that this perfectly good printer is useless to me because I am lacking a tiny bit of code. I tried searching for someone to write the code or find a driver (guru.com) but the folks that responded either wanted a huge amount of money (>$1000) or did not respond when I contact them.

I would love any help figuring out how to get this printer working with my computer. Thanks so much - the fixit community is very much in alignment with my way of thinking.

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Check and see if there is a Vista driver for your printer. W7 will usually run Vista drivers and there are more of them out there. Good luck

Found a link with drivers for your printer--both Vista and W7 32 bit and 64 bit.Don't sign up for the driver service as its not free.

http://driverscollection.com/?H=EPL-5700...

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Thank you rj713 for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get it to work. I downloaded the EpsonNet Config utility and ran it, but it cannot seem to see my USB-connected printer. On the Epson website, if I click the link to download a Vista version, it also just downloads the EpsonNet Config utility. I'm almost ready to give up - it's so frustrating

1 dic 2012 da Diane Dew

Try calling Epson customer services and see if they can help you. Good luck.

1 dic 2012 da rj713

Epson had already told me that they don't have a driver for Windows 7. I was trying to find a work-around, but I'm finally giving up on it. Thanks for your suggestions.

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Thank you rj713 for your suggestion. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to get it to work. I downloaded the EpsonNet Config utility and ran it, but it cannot seem to see my USB-connected printer. On the Epson website, if I click the link to download a Vista version, it also just downloads the EpsonNet Config utility. I'm almost ready to give up - it's so frustrating — Diane Dew
Try calling Epson customer services and see if they can help you. Good luck. — rj713
Epson had already told me that they don't have a driver for Windows 7. I was trying to find a work-around, but I'm finally giving up on it. Thanks for your suggestions. — Diane Dew