Printer Drivers for Epson DFX8500

[Michael Kintner]

We have an Epson DFX8500 printer and want to use the old driver from Epson,
however Windows keeps installing the newest drivers from Microsoft. How can
I turn off Windows XP auto install selection? The reason for doing this is
the XP driver does not support the 11x8.5 fan fold the old driver does and
work great.

This is a real pain, I installed the older driver and everything works
perfectly however when I reboot then the newer windows XP driver gets
installed and everything is screwed up again.

How can I tell XP to stop updating the driver???? Its like a plaugue that
won't give up. (smile)

Thank you in advance for solving this pain in the neck issue,
Mike

PS.
I have tried things like turning off plug-n-play (opps big mistake)
Removing the XP Driver from the Print Server Properties
Tried deleting the installed drivers in the
C:\windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 area

 

[Guest]

Making a guess, see if it helps you.

Let the Windows installed the Printer Drivers for you. Do not remove them.
Now, install the drivers you have. Maybe you will be asked to Replace the
Existing Driver or Keep them. Click Keep Existing Drivers. Then later you
will be asked for the name of printer with "Epson DFX8500 (Copy 1)". You can
change the name as desire. Later, you will be asked to set this printer as
default choose Yes. That is all.

Hope this help, let us know!