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Browse All TopicsPlease tell me how I can install printer driver "EPSON LX-800" in Windows 3.11 (workgroup version).
I've found backed up of the windows setup files, but they are stored in CD (within same directory). Which files do I need? Or, is there any other ways else to set up printer driver for win3.x ?
Don't tell me to connect CD-ROM for this purpose. (The machines need this driver are very old 486, and I don't like to open their case or they may go crazy.)
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I found them on disk 6 of a Win3.1 setup set epson9.dr_
From the MS knowledge base:
EPSON9.DRV
Version 2.07 Expanded Size: 44960
Compressed Size: 22962
File Date: 10-31-90
Associated Files: None
Printer Name in Installed Printer List: "Epson 9 Pin"
Supported Printers: Epson FX-100 Epson FX-100+
Epson DFX-5000 Epson EX-800/1000
Epson FX-185/286 Epson FX-80
Epson FX-80+ Epson FX-85
Epson FX-86e Epson FX-850/1050
Epson JX-80 Epson LX-80
Epson LX-86 Epson LX-800/810
Epson MX-100 Epson MX-80/80F/T
Epson RX-100 Epson RX-80/80F/T
Epson T-750 Epson T-1000
You can find a version here:
http://www2.driverguide.co
It is from Win95, but I bet it is the same driver that is in Win3.1
You only need that one file. Open up Main. Open up Print Manager. Tell it to install a new printer. When it asks which kind tell it the Epson. You can manually do this by editing the file SYSTEM.INI or WIN.INI (I forget which). Look for a line that says PrinterDriver=
and edit it to say PrinterDriver=epson9.drv
dmcolor.dl_ This one is needed only if you have a color dotmatrix printer.
epson9.dr_ This one should be the correct driver.
unidrv.dl_ This one is a generic printer driver.
prtupd.inf This is a general install information file.
The ones ending in .hl_ are help files. You will have to decide whether or not you need them.
The ones endinng in .ex_ are executable files. I beleve they are needed only for specific hardaware configurations, but I am really not sure.
If that printer is not color, you should need only epson9.dr_ and prtupd.inf. I would try this and if it doesn't work, add unidrv.dl_
Actually, once the printer is installed, you really don't need any of the compressed files except to reinstall at a later date. Run a "Find" on epson9.dll and the others using the full three letter extensions. Any that have not been installed are pprobably not necessary.
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by: chewymonPosted on 2000-05-14 at 21:12:57ID: 2809299
Do you have a copy of Win3.11 on floppies? You can install the dotmatrix drivers from them.