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May 13th, 2007 02:00

Dell 725 printer driver for Win98SE

I have a new E521 with Vista and a 725 printer. I've managed to share my printer through the network, and want to print from an old Win98SE PC. Can anyone suggest similar drivers for printing from Win98 to a 725?
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    Posted May 13th, 2007 15:00

    The Dell printers do not support Win98SE, only drivers for Win2000/XP/Vista. 
     
    The printers are made by Lexmark for Dell but the Lexmark drivers will not work.


    Message Edited by fireberd on 05-13-2007 12:00 PM
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    Posted May 13th, 2007 23:00

    Is there any type of generic drivers I can use for this?
     
    I figure this may be possible as the Vista PC has the drivers running and should be able to interpret what's coming through.....
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    Posted May 14th, 2007 09:00

    There's no other drivers that I know of.  The 98 machine needs drivers to be able to access the printer.  There have been posts in the past about using the Dell's with older operating systems and all of them say there is nothing available.
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    Posted May 14th, 2007 10:00

    Thanks for your input. At least it gives me more reasons to toss the old Win98 PC :)