Thank you JustGeroge. I just saw your last post as I didn't realize there was a 2nd page to my post. sigh.

Well, I bucked up and picked up an old laptop and put a new copy of XP on it. Works great. For now. Turns out XP isn't supported by Microsoft anymore, so in 30 days XP will cease to cooperate because it hasn't been activated. There's supposed to be a couple of workarounds for that, but I haven't looked or tried them, yet. Anyway, I've managed to get drivers onto the laptop and it talks to the printer now. Yay. Now I need a program to make the printer do stuff. My docs are mostly .jpg, so I need a program to print those. My wife will be printing her family tree stuff in poster format, which will likely just be pdf's. Without looking, can I be sure that QU will print anything I throw at it? All based on an old XP laptop? I'll be transferring files via a USB stick because this old laptop is not permitted on the network.

OK, I haven't given up on getting my main computer to talk to the beast, but at least it's no longer a deal undoer.

Thanks again for all y'alls help.
Vance

Thank you JustGeorge. That is most interesting. And, it actually makes sense. I did not know that. However, that said, still no worky. Not sure what the problem is. I followed the instructions to the letter, multiple times. What is interesting is when I plug the USB from the printer into my computer, it acts like it's working. I get a 'found USB Printer' messaged and 'installing USB Printer'. After a few seconds I get the message that 'USB Printer is not ready'. Looking in the device menu reveals the USB Printer is there as a device. But, not on the Printer list. Trying to print there reveals it is not in my pull-downs.

I think the mess up is that when I download that driver from epson, it goes to the Download folder. Going to that folder, the file is zipped. Running the troubleshooter on that works and it unzips, starting the setup.exe. When that finishes running, I get the popup window saying 'Error 0 occurred'. I tried continuing on, but nothing changes with the printer availability. So, I deleted all the files, including the download, and started over. Running the troubleshooter unzips the program, and during that process I unchecked the 'run the setup program automatically' option. I then go to the folder where the unzipped files are and run the troubleshooter on the setup program. But, nothing happens. I've tried plugging in the printer at various points in the above process, starting over every time. Nothing. Either I'm doing something wrong, or it just won't work for this application. And, I agree, it should. There should be no reason why not.

At the bottom of that second document you list there is something else to try. I haven't gone there because I don't have the disks and can't find that file.

Sigh. I'm taking a break and will try again.

Thank you again for your help. I thought that was going to do it, for sure!
Vance

Hey, me again. If I were to buy an old Windows XP system that either has the appropriate driver or I can download one for, will this software work with the 10000? Thanks!

Thanks, Mike. I'm still working on this. I tried to download the latest from that page you linked to, but that is for an upgrade to an existing Fiery 7. I had hoped that would work because the person that sold me the printer said they used that software to make it go. I've been trying other places, but no luck so far. You are correct, $2500 would certainly result in this printer being sent elsewhere.

Thanks for your help,
Vance

Thanks Mike. I'm going to try the XP drivers for this printer. Fingers crossed. If that don't work, I guess I'll need to find a RIP. Any suggestions? (this is for home use - so keeping the cost down is required if I'm going to proceed.) Thanks again for your help.

Interesting. Thank you, I'll go check those printers. As you've guessed, I don't have drivers. Currently they don't exist. Thanks again.

I checked on that printer (Surecolor P10,000). I don't think the driver would work. That printer is 5 or 6 years newer and uses 10 ink cartridges, unlike the 6 on the Stylus Pro. Still looking, though. Thanks!

Thank you Mr. Forum Superhero! I guess I didn't explain my REAL predicament (duh!). I just purchased this printer. I've verified the printer test prints, so all is good as far as that goes. It is a 2001 printer. Epson Stylus Pro 10,000. My problem is that Epson no longer supports this printer and the last set of drivers they made for it was Win XP. All of my computers are running Win 10. I've been told that I have 2 solutions available to me: 1) Buy an old XP laptop or desktop and transfer files to it as necessary to print and hope there are no compatibility issues. OR (preferred) 2) find a RIP or similar program that works with Win 10 and supports the old wide format printers. That's where Qimage comes in. I assumed the drivers would be installed in the software. Is that not the case? I'd like to get this printer running before it heads for the great printer scrapheap. Any suggestions? I'll look into that printer you mentioned in your 2nd post. So far I only have the free version of your software, but I'm prepared to purchase it if I can make it work with my computers/printer. Thanks again.

I have Windows 10 and an old Epson Stylus Pro 10000 wide format printer connected via USB. How do I get Qimage Ultimate to recognize that printer? It picks up on a wireless printer we have connected, but not the 10000. Help!!!!