I have a E System laptop with Windows Home Premium on it and wanted to add my printer but have been trying for about a month now.I install the printer ,the laptop regognises it but WILL NOT print anything! The printer has new cartridges in it so its not an ink problem.The printer is an Epson C42 Stylus Plus anyone got any ideas?

If thats Vista you've got, its not compatible with your old printer.

yeh it is and that would explain it !! Thanks guess i'm off to buy a new printer ha ha

Odd Epson think it is on their website.

You will need the Vista version of the drivers Dowen which is available on their website if you haven't already got that.

Not sure the link will work but if so this is the driver.

http://esupport.epson-europe.com/Redirect.aspx?lng=en-GB&url=ftp%3a%2f%2fdownload.epson-europe.com%2fpub%2fdownload%2f3200%2fepson320037eu.exe&id=320037&ct=1&data=FGQ8MBMpKluDrxU002F205q3f8jrw05AU002FlG6HezVGIWnue0U003D
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Bugger. A few months back Epsom said "Currently no drivers available for Vista".
Finally got their act together then!

For that one printer anyway.

Says the driver is from January 08.

Bet there are loads of printers they haven't done though.
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Unless Vista let a version of the driver for an older version of Windows install, but which doesn't actually work.
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My particular Lexmark all-in-one printer is incompatable with Vista too, and their web support told me there was nothing that could be downloaded to alter that fact, so I've also got to get a different printer aswell now.
It's so annoying because it prints really well and I'm not really ready for changing it, but now I've got no choice

Go back to whoever you bought the computer off and get them to put XP on instead. It'll probably cost as much and you'll be much happier for it

I believe that laptops with vista are not compatible for xp.

Vista Sucks.

I use xp pro, it wasn't easy finding a lap top with it still, yet here I am. With XpPro which in my honest opinion, XP-PRO is far superior than that crap called vista.

Vista sucks.