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| 184920 | 2003-10-19 21:21:00 | anyone got this printer to work with Win XP? Can't find a driver anywhere. | Ronald (196) | ||
| 184921 | 2003-10-19 21:34:00 | Are you sure about the model? HC-8E? Its not an HL-8E by any chance? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 184922 | 2003-10-19 22:41:00 | I agree with GF it surely is a Brother HL-8E, in which case it is supported by Windows Xp out-of-the-box. Just run the Add-a-Printer wizard and select the HL-8e driver from within the Brother printers. Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 184923 | 2003-10-22 01:09:00 | I am assured by my friend it is an early Brother HC. I see there are plenty of HL drivers. Ronald |
Ronald (196) | ||
| 184924 | 2003-10-22 01:33:00 | Try using an HP Laserjet driver. Start at HP Laserjet 4 then try 4P etc |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 184925 | 2003-10-22 01:34:00 | Sorry! You may need to try older HP LaserJet drivers first like HP laserjet or HP LaserJet II etc | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 184926 | 2003-10-22 02:06:00 | I'm pretty sure it's an HL-8 ... I can't find any references to a Brother HC. Of cource the HL is an "old Brother" printer ... it's no longer made. I think it will work with an HP LaserJet II driver. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 184927 | 2003-10-22 02:51:00 | A million apologies. I got back to the fool and he meant to write HL 8E You are all correct except it does not want to run on his new XP Pro machine. Maybe a fresh driver download would work? Or is this another XP incompatibility? Ronald |
Ronald (196) | ||
| 184928 | 2003-10-22 03:45:00 | Well, it's not really an XP incompatibility. The HL-8 was "obsolete" long before XP, and I think that the hardware manufacturers are responsible for the drivers. Brother couldn't write an XP driver for a non-yet thought of OS, and I suppose they want to sell you a new Brother printer. ;-) It seems to be a popular printer ... there's one place which will build you a new one from spare parts. :D We seem to be united in our belief that LaserJet drivers will work ... so if you can find one of those (probably the LJII) you might be lucky. |
Graham L (2) | ||
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