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Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W compatibilty with Windows 7, comes up as "Unspecified" device

Anonymous
2009-11-11T16:50:27+00:00

I have a Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W laser printer that works quite well, I just updgraded to Windows7 from XP but my printer doesn't work anymore. It appears as PP1350W in the "Devices and Printers" window as an unspecified device. I tried installing the Vista Drivers for the Page Pro 1400W and now that printer appears in under "printers and Faxes", however the PP1350W is still listed as an unspecified device and printing to the 1400W does nothing. What's worse is not I can't even remove the 1400W no matter how many times I tell it to remove, it just automatically pops up again. Is there a generic driver out there for the PagePro 1350W that will work in Windows7 so I can at least have basic printing functionality?

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-11-12T02:41:26+00:00

    Hello gUnit101,

    From what i see in the Compatibility Center there are several versions of the PagePro printer that are compatible but the 1350 is not listed.  The 1100 and 1400 are listed but not the 1350.  I would check with Konica to see if they have updated drivers for your specific model or see if the drivers for one of the other models can work with your printer.

    Regards,

    ~Alex T.~

    ~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-11-15T16:53:10+00:00

    I hate to disapoint you but I had the same problem also. Konica Minolta does'nt make an update for the 1350W printer after Win XP. they concider that printer ouit of date and stoped making drivers for it after XP. Mine has been sitting usless until I discovered the world of linux. I'm very impressed with the Ubuntu kernel. Guess what after I pluged my 1350W in to the desktop it reconized the printer and started working again. I'm very impress with Ubuntu and am moving away from using any microsoft stuff. BTW the linux software stuff is free. Why pay MS there high prices when you can getg your stuff for free. I just started playing with it a few day ago, but I'm very impressed with what I've seen so far. I thing the days of MS are just about over for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-10-12T08:16:46+00:00

    Btw, it would save many people time if MS had a 64-bit wrapper driver for known classes of (32-bit) drivers (like for printing).

    Microsoft MVP J# 2004-2010, Borland Spirit of Delphi 2001

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-10-12T08:15:19+00:00

    Have you tried XPMode with VMLite [it's a customized version of VirtualBox] too? (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/12309/install-xp-mode-with-virtualbox-using-the-vmlite-plugin/). Not with Microsoft's VirtualPC 2010 that Windows by default uses. VMLite allows you to access the USB ports, so you'd install NO driver at the 64-bit and install 32-bit printer driver in the XP mode (accessed via VMLite). You may have to enable access to the USB ports at the VM options (you'd go to the VMLite console to do that, with the VM closed [not paused])

    Microsoft MVP J# 2004-2010, Borland Spirit of Delphi 2001

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-10-12T05:09:55+00:00

    Hi, you statement is not accurate.

    I have 2 notebooks. One is running Windows 7 32bit (using 1400W vista driver will work), another one is running Windows 7 64 bit. The driver you listed from Europe website is v.1611120 which isIDENTICALto U.S. Konita Minolta site, it will NOT work on Windows 7 64 bit OS.

    Also, I have tried everything mentioned above in this article, and nothing works on Windows 7 64 bit OS.

    Konica Minolta sucks, period. They want you to spend money on new printer. I'll never purchase from them again. 

    Sorry, I would like to make a correction on my previous statement.

    My windows 7 32 bit OS runs pagepro 1350w without any problem by using PagePro1350W_v1611120 version, NOT 1400W.

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