On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 20:23:59 +0000, Charlie Pridham
wrote:

I recently managed to salvage my old computer onto a windows 7 machine,

Far to much worry and work until you have tried running your printer
software on a newer (not nessary new machine)
Running new computers with the latest OS and putting it into
'compatibilty' mode works in very many cases.

At least try , you may be surprised. Fingers crossed
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