Question about printer drivers

[Markerian]

I can't believe I've been at JREF for 2 years and never visited this forum. What a weatlth of information! I know how I'll be spending my weekend!

I'm still using my old computer that came with Win 95 and Publisher. A few years ago I upgraded to Win 98. Later I noticed one of the graphics programs I had just printed a black line instead of a picture. I never knew why, I just editted, saved it and then printed it from another program.

I've never used Publisher but would now like to print some labels or envelopes and am getting that same black line. The troubleshooter says that the program requires a Win 95 printer driver and I assume I now have a Win 98? Is the old driver still on my computer somewhere so I can easily switch between the two, or would I need to download one? If I do, will it be easy to switch drivers depending on the application I'm using?

 

[Fluffy]

I had a similar problem but with my sound card. It ended up having to have the old OS reinstalled with all the original drivers. Then, putting on the upgrade OS on top of that. The sound card worked after that. Might be worth giving it a try?


Could you look for a new upto date driver for the printer on the manufacturers web site?

 

[Oleron]

Usually Win95 printer drivers and Win98 printer drivers are the same. I think the problem might be the printer itself.

Print a test page from the print options to test the basic function of the printer.

(Start,settings,printers - right click on the printer icon and choose properties - on the general tab hit the test print button)

 

[Soapy Sam]

"I had a similar problem but with my sound card. "

Wow! I can't get my sound card to print anything!