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Old 08-01-2007   #5 (permalink)
Ken Blake, MVP


 
 

Re: First Vista Printer USB or Local?

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:32:10 +0200, "MS" <maria.steyn@wanadoo.nl>
wrote:


> Does Vista Home Premium NOT accept a USB printer as its only/first printer?




Certainly it *does*.


> My Lexmark Z23-33 is recognized by the USB function but
> not visible nor addressable under Printers.




Then you haven't installed it correctly. Exactly how did you do the
software part of the installation?


> Do I really need an old 'local' printer with the big connector as a first printer?



No.


> Is there a workaround?



No workaround is needed. Many thousand or millions of people have done
this successfully.

> Curious,
> Maria


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