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Dot Matrix printers
I've have had many problems with many Ink Jet / laser printers from
replacement cartridges to USB's failure to reinstall etc. I also still have a Star NX-2320 dot matrix printer that ran forever until I upgraded to XP. Where can I find an updated driver to let me use it under Win XP? Star Micronics US doesn't recognize it. Thank you. |
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Try an Epson MX80 driver. Many of the printers in that era were Epson
compatible. jorge wrote: I've have had many problems with many Ink Jet / laser printers from replacement cartridges to USB's failure to reinstall etc. I also still have a Star NX-2320 dot matrix printer that ran forever until I upgraded to XP. Where can I find an updated driver to let me use it under Win XP? Star Micronics US doesn't recognize it. Thank you. |
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I also still have a Star NX-2320 dot matrix printer that ran forever until I
upgraded to XP. My memory is so very vague on which micronics printers i've had, but the last one I used I believe was the NX-2124 rainbow. 24 pin, extra foam, quiet mode, one line LCD display. I remember it was one of the few printers not worthless without the manual. I gave it away but used the stock Win2k and WinXP drivers and picked the only Rainbow option in the model number range which would be nx-2420 rainbow. The driver IIRC is very generic, and installing just about anything from the star micronics nx class also installs windows fonts. Using those in word will allow word to display WYSIWYG and actually have your text flow normaly even using the printer's proportional fonts. Using windows fonts makes the whole process slow and slugish on the best of days. What I find odd is there a "NX-1000" driver, which would have been an older 9pin printer also in a rainbow model. I sold that much earlier. I laugh that it's supported in WinXP yet I had to muck around and find a newer more expensive model that was pretty much the apex of dot matrix printers before inkjets became vogue. If worse comes to worse, this should install the printer's xp driver which installs the stock fonts into windows and you can at least use them in word or whatever, install a generic text printer manualy selecting the front. |
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You may have to try hit and miss using the XP "in box" drivers (those
provided by MicroSoft) until you hit one that works (or not ;-)) Art jorge wrote: I've have had many problems with many Ink Jet / laser printers from replacement cartridges to USB's failure to reinstall etc. I also still have a Star NX-2320 dot matrix printer that ran forever until I upgraded to XP. Where can I find an updated driver to let me use it under Win XP? Star Micronics US doesn't recognize it. Thank you. |
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One other thought, if you still have your printer manual, you may be
able to change the emulation the printer uses. Some can emulate older Epson standard or IBM standard drivers, which you may be able to switch with some dip switch changes. Then try the drivers within XP that work with those emulated printers. Art jorge wrote: I've have had many problems with many Ink Jet / laser printers from replacement cartridges to USB's failure to reinstall etc. I also still have a Star NX-2320 dot matrix printer that ran forever until I upgraded to XP. Where can I find an updated driver to let me use it under Win XP? Star Micronics US doesn't recognize it. Thank you. |
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