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Windows 7 64bit printer compatibility

Anonymous
2014-11-30T16:39:37+00:00

Can someone please help me find a consumer printer/scanner that will work with the Windows 7  64bit OS?

i can not seem to locate any printer company that supports the 64bit OS?

How is this possible? Why would you make this OS and not support it with drivers for printers/scanners?? 

Very frustrated!

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  1. LemP 74,925 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-11-30T19:27:35+00:00

    You're going about this the wrong way.

    Pick any multi-function printer you like.  For example, HP's cheap Photosmart 6520 e-All-in-One Printer.

    If you look at the specs --> http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/us/en/pdp/printers/hp-photosmart-6520-e-all-in-one-printer and go to the "minimum system requirements," what you see is

    "Windows 8 and Windows 7: 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor."

    There's nothing there that says Windows 8 32-bit or 64-bit or Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit (although the fact that the system can have either a 32 or 64 bit processor might be a clue).

    However, instead of relying on the specs, go to the support part of the HP site and see what drivers are available --> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=5169041&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

    If you do that, you'll see that there are drivers for:

    Windows 7 32-bit

    Windows 7 64-bit

    Windows 8 32-bit

    Windows 8 64-bit

    Windows 8.1 32-bit

    Windows 8.1 64-bit

    Windows Rt

    Windows Vista

    Windows Vista 64-bit

    Windows XP

    Mac OS X 10.10

    Mac OS X 10.6

    Mac OS X 10.7

    Mac OS X 10.8

    Mac OS X 10.9

    In fact, if you actually select one of the above Windows versions, you'll see that there is only one download that supports ALL of those Windows versions -->

    h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=5169041&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=us

    The bottom line is, look at the driver downloads for the printer you are interested in rather than the marketing spec sheet.  Almost any multifunction printer on the market today will support both 32 and 64 bit versions of a variety of Windows editions.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-11-30T17:39:28+00:00

    I was just on the Canon website and they didn't show any that supported the 64bit OS. They all support windows 7 but not with 64bit. Every all in one printer/scanner, when you look at specs and compatibility none of the ones I looked at showed 64bit compatible. Here is a random all in one right off of the Canon site. They give this as their compatibly 

    OS Compatibility Windows®7, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Windows XP SP2/SP3 32-bit18 <br><br>Mac OS® X 10.5.8, 10.6, 10.7

    The above is the PIXMA MX432

    Now unless 64bit is just a given I don't see the support for 64bit?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-30T17:15:24+00:00

    You would be hard pressed to find any printer or scanner or all-in-one, manufactured in the last couple of years, to date that doesn't support win7 64 bit

    So I think we are all very confused as to where you are getting such 'unsupported' information from.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-11-30T16:52:16+00:00

    Brother, Canon, Lexmark, HP, Epson, all make printer, scanners, all in ones that are compatible with 64-bit Windows 7 and 8/8.1.

    So, in answer to your questions:

    1. I have no idea why as all manufacturers current lineups support 64-bit
    2. It isn't possible
    3. Microsoft doesn't make an OS that doesn't support printers and scanners
    4. The printer/scanner manufacturers are solely responsible for their OWN hardware drivers, NOT Microsoft..

    OK?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-11-30T16:49:31+00:00

    Greg

    Almost any current inkjet printer by companies like Epson, brother, Hp, etc will work in 64 bit.  Why do you think that many do not?

    My Epson WF2540 (under $100) works in win 7, 8, and 10 (64bit)

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