print to pdf or even post script on the old machine, load on XP and print out.
It used to be possible to use the "wrong" driver via LPT. Just install
any similar printer and it might just work. Not an option over USB.
ST
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:24 PM, grantfair2001 <grant.fair@...> wrote:
> I can't print any of my many PCB layouts with my new printer.
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> I have a lot of PCBs laid out with Winboard 2.25. (The company selling it went out of business years ago). My old laser printer died so I bought a Dell 1720. It won't run on any software older than WIN2000.
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> I am running XP on a couple of my computers. Winboard is running under WIN95 on some old computers. Winboard does not run under XP.
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> (Someone loaded a patch for Winboard 2.25 to make it 2.27 to a public website. I haven't been able to get it to install).
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> SO I can't print any of my layouts.
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> Does anyone know of other PCB software which could read the Winboard PCB files and runs under XP, so I could print them?
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> Any other solutions?
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> Thanks
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