Epson Stylus Color 880 Printer Driver

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I hadn’t used my Epson 880 Printer on my HP Pavilion 6730 with Windows XP.
I had only used my Epson 880 with my Gateway with Windows 98SE.

So, of course my HP Pavilion informed me it doesn’t have the Driver.
NOW … I have the Epson 880 Driver CD that came with the Printer.
I was prompted with 3 choices.
I forget what the 1st one was, but I know it wasn’t for Windows XP as this Printer is before Windows XP was even around.
But, the 2nd choice was for Windows 2000 and something or other.
The 3rd choice was for Windows 95, 98 and Me.

My question is … would the Windows 2000 Driver work with my Windows XP?
The reason I wonder that is because as per this link:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14374&prodoid=11473&BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Downloads&platform=Windows&x=27&y=11

those first 2 Drivers seem to be for BOTH Windows XP and Windows 2000.
So WOULD the Windows 2000 Driver from my CD work with my Windows XP?

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http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?oid=14374&infoType=Downloads
#2 is your proper download

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Thanks, Corday. :slight_smile:
I guess I’ll go ahead and install the Driver for the Status Monitor as well since as I recall, I used to have that function too when I used it on my Gateway.

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It’s done, Corday. The Printer Driver installed without any problem.
And the Printer and computer communicated fine.

Unfortunately, since I hadn’t used the Printer in ages, the print was horrible and I can’t clean the head because the Color Cartridge is running too low. So, that’ll have to be taken care of before it can be used.