I'm having trouble installing a new printer in Windows 3.1.  I have VERY little experience with 3.1...  The old printer just got old and died, so I installed an HPDeskjet 895Cxi, but it keeps printing random characters and won't print charts and graphs from the only program on the computer.  I installed the 895 driver, but it doesn't seem to be recognizing the install.  It doesn't have the 895 listed in the available printers, nor will it let me add it as a new printer.  (The driver is installed, but it doesn't seem to recognize that it is a driver.  It can't seem to find it on the disk, although I know it is there and the drive is working fine).  Can I remove the old printer's driver and replace it with this (or rename this and overwrite the other one?)  If so, where is the driver located?  Thanks for your help!Did you install the proper drivers?  Drivers for Win3.11 are the ones you want.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=59306&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&submit.y=7&submit.x=9&lang=en&cc=usI'm having trouble remembering c. 1993, but Commando may know better than i if it is true that every program you install in DOS with Windows 3.x has its own INI files that point to the printer's drivers.  That is, the applications do not access the printer through Windows 3.x.  Hence, installing a new printer with Windows 3.x may be a daunting task as the INI files for *every* program MUST be edited to use new drivers.  Some programs may even require their own drivers (i think).



A pure Windows program would use the printer as it was installed in Windows without any additional effort, a Windows front on a DOS program might or a pure DOS program will require printer drivers installed into the program itself (program specific printer drivers) or printing generic directly to the lpt port.

Hopefully I am not giving away my age (maybe that should be experience) here. My first computer was a Vic 20.  It had 20 kb of memory.  Most calculators have more than that today!

Still, i'm sure some of these young whiper snappers might learn something from a couple of old geezers like us!



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[size=10]"The glory of young men is their strength, but gray hair is the splendor of the old." (Proverbs 20:29)[/size]I know I have the right driver, I got it from the same link as provided above.  
When I click to add new printer in the Control Panel, mine is not listed, so I go to"Unlisted printers" (first on the list), and it asks for the disk.  the driver is on cd, so I browse the cd and find the directory, but it pops up saying "the file oemsetup.inf COULD not be found".  I did some searching on the 'net, but I'm unable to find any info.  Also, I when I choose a different directory on the cd (not the correct one), it goes through, but then restarts and asks for the location of the driver (back to square 1!!!).  I appreciate all your help with this.  

Just to note, the generic print driver WORKS fine for plain text, but I can't print the chart I need.  It's always worked on the older printer, so I know it can happen.  Jimbo:

This might be what you need:

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=32646 Quote

... It's always worked on the older printer, so I know it can happen...