Non boaty. Printer driver for epson on windows 8

[pcatterall]

Just changed our PC and bought one using windows 8. I've been trying to get a device driver downloaded for our epson SX445w but begining to think that there is no such animal.
Will epson develop one or will they prevaricate and hope I buy a new printer?

 

[sailorman]

Try "The Lounge" for NON boaty

 

[pvb]

I have the same printer, but have a steam-powered ancient Vista machine. It might be worth emailing Epson and asking whether the SX445W is on their "to do" list for drivers. Or perhaps the SX440W driver might work?

 

[RichardS]

Just changed our PC and bought one using windows 8. I've been trying to get a device driver downloaded for our epson SX445w but begining to think that there is no such animal.
Will epson develop one or will they prevaricate and hope I buy a new printer?

Will the Windows 7 driver not work?

Richard

 

[l'escargot]

Have you tried just plugging it in and seeing if it works? I've got an Epson XP-305 and it just worked on W8 without installing any other driver.

 

[pampas]

Had to do the same thing with Win7 as disc supplied would not even open up to view.

 

[VicS]

You can get (download ) a driver for Windows 7 but I see mention of Windows 8

Your best bet is to contact Epsom support and ask if you cannot find one on line.

I had to ditch a barely used Epsom printer and a Cannon scanner when I changed to a Vista computer.

Theres a Cannon printer in the loft from a previous upgrade too.

I expect my barely used HP printer-scanner will be junk when I next upgrade.

 

[mtb]

I had the same hassle with windows 7 and epson, there were no drivers in the end I had to network it !
I found a driver on the net after looking through lots of dross and adware sites

mick

 

[charles_reed]

Be of good cheer, Vic, Microsoft include in their new releases all the drivers for all-in-one HPs usually in the original installation. I'm using a 15-year old HP G85 which has worked with Win 2000, XP, Win 7 and the beta Win 8 and all the Suse releases since 8.0.
I took one look at the beta Vista and never used it.
The Canon scanner will certainly work with XP and probably with Win7 - if in doubt use the Postscript alternatives.
Epson, on the other hand, have always been a law to themselves.

 

[markdj]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=SX445w+driver

From a 5 second glance at Epson's website, you can setup the wireless using the program and install the windows 7 drivers as normal, just hitting ok when the warning appears.

 

[pvb]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=SX445w+driver

From a 5 second glance at Epson's website, you can setup the wireless using the program and install the windows 7 drivers as normal, just hitting ok when the warning appears.

Didn't the OP want a Windows 8 driver?

 

[nigelmercier]

Didn't the OP want a Windows 8 driver?

Yes, but a Windows 7 driver will work.

 

[pcatterall]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=SX445w+driver

From a 5 second glance at Epson's website, you can setup the wireless using the program and install the windows 7 drivers as normal, just hitting ok when the warning appears.

Well I wish I was brilliant! I spent a considerable amount of time in various websites and could not get an answer. The Epson site had a list of their printers which were compatable with windows 8. Mine was not on that list.
Following advice on this forum I 'simply wired the pc to the printer ( rather than using the wirless approach) After some messing around in the 'new to me' windows 8 set up routines I got the option to download 'updates' to epson. I'm pleased to say that it worked! Thanks for all the help guys.