WIN 11 migration - dinosaur printers ??

[jimbo123]

full disclosure, a "printer hoarder" here

i have several active dinosaur printers running on WIN 10:
- MX700(2007)
- MP980(2008)
- MX870(2010)
- PRO-100(2013)
- stored backup printers: IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980

i remember having issues getting them to work on WIN10, but finally got them all working, see:
https://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/build-quality-of-the-older-canon-printers.15651/post-136812

has anyone been able to get these models working on WIN 11 ?? looks like W10 support drops oct 2025

J

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• Active Printers: MX700(2007), MP980(2008), MX870(2010), PRO-100(2013)
• Stored Printers: IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
• Past Printers: MP830
• Method: German Durchstich Method
• Ink: Hobbicolors, then OCP, now ASPEN
• Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[Smile]

Are you sure the WIN10 drivers will not work for WIN11? The big problem was upgrading from x32 to x64, when there were no drivers for win64. However I have even that solved, you can make any winx32 dinosaur or not printer work with latest WIN10 or WIN11 x64 without having proper x32 drivers. However you need to have a dedicated print server PC and some paid software.

 

[jimbo123]

i don't have a WIN11 machine as of now to test on, was just trying to see of someone else has attempted it.

then again not sure how many dinosaur printers like mine are still printing.

i have downloaded the drivers i used for WIN10, just in case canon decides to remove the download links, fingers crossed that they will work on WIN11

J

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• Active Printers: MX700(2007), MP980(2008), MX870(2010), PRO-100(2013)
• Stored Printers: IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
• Past Printers: MP830
• Method: German Durchstich Method
• Ink: Hobbicolors, then OCP, now ASPEN
• Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[The Hat]

i don't have a WIN11 machine as of now to test on, was just trying to see of someone else has attempted it.

Your right to be worried, because your print drivers most likely won’t load in Win 11, unfortunately @stratman would have been the main man to ask, but alas he’s no longer with us..

He was a good guy and one in a million..

 

[jimbo123]

miss the guy, @stratman was the best

J

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• Active Printers: MX700(2007), MP980(2008), MX870(2010), PRO-100(2013)
• Stored Printers: IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
• Past Printers: MP830
• Method: German Durchstich Method
• Ink: Hobbicolors, then OCP, now ASPEN
• Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes