Xerox, Ikon, Minolta, HP, Dell and Canon – In Accucopy’s print production environment, we operate equipment from all of these vendors.  So with the introduction of Windows 7, what works and what doesn’t . Which manufacturer has updated drivers?

We have a variety of PCs performing different functions, but so far nothing running Windows 7. We recently brought in a new 32-bit Windows 7 laptop to see which printers (copiers) work.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have a 64-bit installation of Windows 7 to test.

In a nutshell:

32-bit Windows 7 ran perfectly with 32-bit XP or Vista drivers for all of our production copiers – Xerox DocuColor 260, Ikon CPP550, Xerox 4110, Minolta BizHub 920.

64-bit Windows Vista operated properly with drivers for the DocuColor 260, and the Minolta BizHub 920. Xerox has a 64-bit driver for the 4110, but it lacks the polished GUI of the 32-bit version. We have not yet found a workable 64-bit Vista (and probably 64-bit Win7) driver for the Ikon CPP550.

In any event, we are pleased that as we begin to adopt Window 7 into our production environment, we will continue to solid drivers for our copiers/printers.