Driver Co-existence on Windows
This chapter provides information about installing more than one driver on a PC. It describes:
•"Driver Support for Printers"
•"Older and Newer Drivers" on the same PC
Should you install?
If a card printer is installed that uses a driver with a version of 7.7 or lower, remove the printer and driver before installing the current printer on the PC. Follow instructions provided with that driver to completely remove it. You can install the printer again with a current 4.x driver.
Only Card Printer Drivers with the same brand can be installed on the same PC. The brand includes the manufacturer and product line.
The 2.x printer driver is compatible with drivers of the same brand with versions of 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, and 1.0. (Not all brands have all versions of the printer driver.) Compatible drivers can be installed on the same PC.
Driver Support for Printers
Printer serial numbers correspond with driver releases. Match the serial number of your printer to the driver release that supports it.
Serial Number | Windows® 98, | Windows 2000 | Windows XP or | Windows Vista® or | |
Me, or NT 4.0# | Server 2003 | Windows Server 2008 | |||
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SN above 90001 | Not supported | Card Printer | Card Printer Driver 2.x | Card Printer Driver 3.x | |
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| Driver 2.x | Card Printer Driver 4.x | Card Printer Driver 4.x | |
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SN from 70001 to | Driver 7.4 to 7.7 | Driver 7.4 to 7.7 | Driver 7.4 to 7.7 | Card Printer Driver 3.x | |
90000 |
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| Card Printer Driver 4.x | Card Printer Driver 4.x | |
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SN below 70000 | Driver 7.4 to 7.7 | Driver 7.4 to 7.7 | Driver 7.4 to 7.7 | Card Printer Driver 3.x | |
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| Card Printer Driver 4.x | Card Printer Driver 4.x |
#.Windows NT® 4.0 is supported only for a network connection to the printer. Windows NT does not support USB and so cannot support a local USB connection between the printer and PC.
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