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radnor   09-01-2009 at 02:29:22 PM

Hi All

I'm about to buy a printer, and i want to know your experiences with diferent brands of printers on windows 7. Can't really find driver support on web sites.

This printer will be rather complex because it will be networked/fax/OCR operational/Printer.

I have one brother model and a HP L7680 that contains all the goodies that i need. Anybody here got any experience with any of those brands on Windows 7? 64 Bits of course.

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madmax808   09-01-2009 at 06:26:31 PM
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I've always had HP printers, and I've used several different models on Windows 7 so far, all about 4 or 5 years old, and have had zero issues what-so-ever. Windows Update installed all the drivers that were needed.

Though, I haven't used any higher-end models, as they were only for basic home use.

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Bullheaded67   09-01-2009 at 07:12:17 PM
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Your printer should work fine if it has Vista support. My only caveat is this - if you are using an all-in-one or multi-function printer, be prepared for some or all of the software to not work until the companies have officially supported Win 7 software available (closer to the actual release date).

You can generally use a lot of the built in functionality like Microsoft Fax to utilize your additional printer functionality for now.

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Bronze Win 7 badge sminlal   09-01-2009 at 07:38:04 PM
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I'm using an HP 2300 Laser printer (about 6 years old) on Windows 7 with zero issues. Windows recognized it without any fuss and once I indicated that it had 48MB of memory, a 500-sheet tray and a duplexer I was able to access all of it's functionality from the standard print dialogue boxes without have to install anything extra.

Edit: time flies - the printer is about 6 years old, not 4 years...


Message edited by sminlal on 09-01-2009 at 07:39:15 PM
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reddin   09-01-2009 at 09:00:36 PM
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Almost every main brand printer seems to be supported in windows 7 so you can't go wrong with Brother or HP

I myself am currently using a Canon Pixma on windows 7 x64 and it's working like a charm

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sweetpickle   09-30-2009 at 11:59:35 PM
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reddin wrote :

Almost every main brand printer seems to be supported in windows 7 so you can't go wrong with Brother or HP

I myself am currently using a Canon Pixma on windows 7 x64 and it's working like a charm




I have a Canon Pixma MP150 that the printer will work on Vista 64 bit but I cannot get the scanner to scan into my computer. I have tried several driver downloads to no avail. Any suggestions?

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sweetpickle   10-01-2009 at 12:07:12 AM
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I have a Canon Pixma MP150 that the printer will work on Vista 64bit but I cannot get the scanner to scan int my computer. I have tried several driver downloads to no avail. Any suggestions?

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