From: mis@take.net   
      
   "Gary W. Boley"  wrote in   
   news:Vk%Ze.321428$5N3.50786@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:   
      
   > I just recently bought a new PC and am going to give my old Win 95 PC to   
   > my sister who has none.  I am sure that she would want a printer with   
   > it.   
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   > I had had printer problems before.  A few years ago I was having some   
   > problems with the print on my HP printer and was going to try replacing   
   > the ink cartridges until I saw a Xerox in the store very cheap and   
   > decided to buy the Xerox printer instead of the HP cartridges.  The   
   > Xerox recently went bad and I'm not sure if the HP would now work with   
   > new cartridges or not.   
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   > I had trouble finding a new color inkjet that would work with my old Win   
   > 95 PC.  They need to have parallel port connectivity sine my old PC does   
   > not support USB.  I found some with parallel ports (I searched on   
   > Newegg), but none had Win 95 drivers.  Their specs all called for Win 98   
   > or later.  I did find a great deal on a Samsung mono laser printer with   
   > LPT port and Win 95 driver and bought it as a temporary solution since I   
   > knew I was getting a new PC soon and could buy any printer for it.  I   
   > would like to keep the Samsung as a backup.  It has fantastic output and   
   > could be used for letters, etc.   
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   > Does anyone know of any new color inkjets out there that will work with   
   > Win 95?  She could get new cartridges for my old HP inkjet (they were   
   > still available at last check), but if that didn't work she would be out   
   > the $$. If no new printer will work with Win 95, she just might be   
   > getting a computer that can't have a printer.  L   
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   > Can someone please help me with this?  Thanks.   
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   I doubt if any new printers would overtly claim 95 support, since 95 has   
   long since been an unsupported OS.   
   Theres a good chance that 98 drivers would work fine with 95 - And you   
   wouldn't expect the manufaturers to state this on the packaging.   
   Might go window shopping, and check the companies web sites to see if their   
   faqs specifically state that it will not work with windows 95.   
   If it just says unsupported it will likely work.   
   If you bought a parellel printer new and the 98 drivers didn't work, I   
   suppose you could take it back.   
   Then too, Windows 98 itself it dirt cheap, a snap to install, and in the   
   process of being out-dated.   
   Might be worth a thought to simply upgrade the OS to 98 SE before giving   
   the computer away.   
   Most people like to wipe a HD clean anyways before giving it away.   
      
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