Where to find a driver for toshiba e-studio 161 for 64 bit platform

Dear All,

Its an old topic, but I would like to share success experience by finding solution for E-studio 161 to work with 64bit systems.

Maybe will help somebody, still.

Toshiba has ended e-studio 161 support at Vista 32bit drivers, which can also be used for Windows 7 32bit.

But it does not work for Windows 64bit systems.

I was desperate to find solution, as all our office PCs moved to 64bit systems - so printer appear

to be not usable due to missing driver, only possible use for copying.

And - one day digging deeper -I found out that Toshiba e-studio 161 is one to one as Sharp AR-M160 (for both all hardware made by Sharp, they are compatible, except some labels and text on body)  ;)

So - there is a solution, bit tricky, but it works, perfectly, when properly done, even via network, through print server.

(note also - for print server Dlink DPR-1061 Toshiba's usb connection did not function, so we had to use parallel port LPT)

1. Find and download Sharp AR-M160 64bit driver for Windows7.
2. Upack it - WARNING - do not install!, only extract to folder.
3. go to folder where driver extracted and go up to  \Printer\EnglishA\GDI\XPVista64  , find there file   sf1cmins.inf
4. open it in notepad
5. find at [Manufacturer]  line  %oem%=SHARP,NTamd64   and change it  into %oem%=TOSHIBA,NTamd64   , save file.
6. now install driver - run  setup.exe  from folder where driver files were extracted. Follow the instructions. Choose AR-M160  model when asked.

Important - first install driver for printer connected to computer! Only then it will possible to use driver

also for network connected printer.

P.S. We tried, but this Windows7 64bit driver does not install for Windows 8, even using compatibility mode.

Hi Negruvasile,

Welcome to Microsoft Community Forums, the place where you can get solutions for Windows which has issues. As you face issues with the Toshiba printer e-studio 161.

As per the manufacturer website the drivers are not available for the particular model e-studio 161.

Visit the link:

http://business.toshiba.com/support/index.jsp#

a. Click on B/W copier.

b. Select the model as e-studio 161.

c. It shows as no drivers.

To solve this issue:

a. If you have the CD/DVD that came with the printer you may try to install the software in compatibilty mode and check if it helps. For more information on this visit the link and see the video.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

b. If the CD/DVD is not present you may contact Toshiba and ask for a unified driver which helps to install the printer.

To do so visit the link:

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp

Or you may post the question in the Toshiba forums for further assistance.

http://forums.toshiba.com/

Hope this information helps. If you have further questions feel free to reply and we would be glad to assist.

hello,

Can you tell me where did you find a driver for Sharp ar-M160 for 64bit systems?

Thank you

Hi,

You can manually search and download for the driver you are looking using this link. If are unable to find the driver you need, you can also check your device's manufacturer support site using this linkand look for the driver you need.

Let us know how it goes.