Printer from XP to Vista

[Jay Cee]

I have 2002 PC HomeXP. Will buy new PC Vista end of year. But I need a new
HP all-in-one C-7180 printer right now (present old one has u/s scanner).
Question is : if I install the new printer now with XP PC could this cause
any future annoyances (bugs) to it when I reinstall it with the new Vista PC
later? Thanks for inputs.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have 2002 PC HomeXP. Will buy new PC Vista end of year. But I
need a new HP all-in-one C-7180 printer right now (present old one
has u/s scanner). Question is : if I install the new printer now
with XP PC could this cause any future annoyances (bugs) to it when
I reinstall it with the new Vista PC later? Thanks for inputs.

Checked the HP site for a driver for Vista for said printer?

 

[David B.]

How could installing the printer on the XP machine, then installing it on
your new Vista box cause a problem? Installing the printer does not modify
the printer in any way, so it will have no effect on the Vista install,
whether it is the first PC it's installed on or the 40th.

 

[Jay Cee]

OK! OK! Thanks! That's all I wanted to know! I'm no expert! It's just that I
know that most digital copiers manufactured in the past five years have disk
drives, the same kind of data storage mechanism found in computers, to
reproduce documents and my printer is an all-in-one, ie
copier/printer/scanner and I wondered if its hardware could somewhat
"remember" a previous different O/S install and do bugs. Like I said, I am
no IT expert. That's why I use channels like this one when I have a
question. These microsoft public support groups are set up for queries from
non-pro, aren't they?.

 

[Dave B.]

A printers hardware can no more remember a previous computer than your car
could remember your route to work (current consumer technology that is, GPS
excluded).

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[Jay Cee]

Thanks for the input.

A printers hardware can no more remember a previous computer than your car
could remember your route to work (current consumer technology that is, GPS
excluded).

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