Some people love their older printers, no matter how ancient. They feel
familiar with them and don't want to put what was a perfectly decent printer
(for its day) into the trash. Then there are others who jump at the chance
to upgrade their hardware, despite the newer chipped cartridges that prevent
refilling or cheap after-market alternatives.
It's a big world, and people make their own choices. If someone likes their
old 300, just give them all the alternatives. No one likes being told to
throw something away when it still works even if it was never the best
output in the world. I guess you need to talk to Art Entlich (in
comp.periph.printers) about the landfill problems the world is facing.
The HP Deskjet 500 printer driver is about the most generic you can find and
it WILL let the OP print, even if it isn't quite the look they want.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows
"LoneWolf" <LoneWolf@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89F88C98-6878-4B80-AE59-250AEA8AC474@microsoft.com...
> Cari
>
> The 300 isn't covered by Epson, nor is it on the
> Vista DVD.
> As I said it would be cheaper/quicker to buy a new printer
> that has the Vista drivers either on the installation CD
> or a download from Epson. Why waste time trying to do
> a 'Worldwide' search for a driver that doesn't exist.
> --
> regards
> CL
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