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I have an old printer locally installed on a windows 8 machine and want to install the same drivers on another windows 8 machine, then format the machine that currently has the drivers.<br />
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I tried to get the drivers from the web, but they no longer exists and GENERIC drivers do not work.<br />
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Where are the LOCAL drivers stored so I can copy / paste onto a different machine, add a new printer, type the IP address, and select the drivers I copy over ?
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I have an old printer locally installed on a windows 8 machine and want to install the same drivers on another windows 8 machine, then format the machine that currently has the drivers.

I tried to get the drivers from the web, but they no longer exists and GENERIC drivers do not work.

Where are the LOCAL drivers stored so I can copy / paste onto a different machine, add a new printer, type the IP address, and select the drivers I copy over ?

printer drivers -- local COPY / PASTE ?

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