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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
I had this HP wide format printer that was in perfect shape . When XP came along, the driver that was ported for it lost 60% of its functions, things that I really needed to operate the darn thing. The W98 version could be reinstalled but not without pain, and caused unstability on the PC. After a while I gave up and stored it on the pile of old pcs, Macs, and outdated stuff , with the stock of expensive ink cartriges I had bought ahead of time.
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My colleague bought a HP printer a few months ago only to discover that it's not working under Windows Vista. Lesson: if you have to buy your next HP printer, make sure it's using PCL language and not Windows' GDI feature, which is no longer supported by Vista. Usually low-end printers still use GDI (meaning your computer does all the processing work rather than the printer).