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Installing Old Printer on Windows 7

Our client runs Allscripts MISYS Tiger for their medical Billing Software. The Point of Sale Part of the software uses a very old OKI Microline 590 to print. Previously they were running the program on windows xp, and used the IBM Proprinter III driver, and everything worked fine. However, they have just upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit, and It appears the IBM Proprinter III Driver is not included in windows anymore. What options are there to get this printer working again?

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After doing that the Oki Microline 590 Driver does show up, though I've never tried it with that specific driver when it was on xp, instead it's been using the IBM Proprinter III Driver since I got there. I will try it tomorrow and see if it works and then update here.

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For future reference, I got it to work using the Epson LQ Series 1 (136) Driver, it worked after I changed the printer to Epson mode via the control panel on it.

Though no one gave me the complete solution, I've awarded points to everyone because each suggestion could work, too.