Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
Having leapfrogged over Windows 7 to 8.1 my hopes of finding support for my HP950C which is a reliable old workhorse which must be 15 years old were not high. The new laptop however found it (USB cable) and downloaded the drivers.
When I re-installed Windows 8.1 however it could not find the driver. If I did not know it was possible I would have given up. There were two problems
1. Downloading drivers over a metered internet connection somehow was blocking - this needed removed
2. Despite unblocking I needed to manually install the driver on a USB port, I then had to update the drivers using the internet connection. Finally the option
to install the HP950C
Installing drivers for the Samsung ML1210 was more of a problem with Windows finding nothing. Samsung however had a driver despite the fact these printers must be 10 years old?
So don't give up, don't automatically buy a new printer and don't call me an Aberdonian.
When I re-installed Windows 8.1 however it could not find the driver. If I did not know it was possible I would have given up. There were two problems
1. Downloading drivers over a metered internet connection somehow was blocking - this needed removed
2. Despite unblocking I needed to manually install the driver on a USB port, I then had to update the drivers using the internet connection. Finally the option
to install the HP950C
Installing drivers for the Samsung ML1210 was more of a problem with Windows finding nothing. Samsung however had a driver despite the fact these printers must be 10 years old?
So don't give up, don't automatically buy a new printer and don't call me an Aberdonian.