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Windows 7 with roland sp-300V

krusty quill

New Member
Good morning all,
I hope this correspondence finds you all well. I saw you were discussing a similar problem regarding using Windows 7 with an Roland Sp-300v.
Here is my challenge. I have that printer which worked on a windows 7 desktop fine till it died. I have a replacement desktop that i purchased from newegg online that i'm trying to get to communicate with said printer. If I try to run the versacamm drivers disk for USB it says that I have missing spoolers. I'm not of the tech world so Ive looked at other threads trying to understand what that all means. I did go to Rolands site and downloaded the printer drivers onto a thumb drive, but when attempting to upload the message changes to..."printer drivers cannot be added drive module....and I don't remember the rest of the terminology.
Further I watched a video from Roland regarding installing a printer driver but i'm not sure at this point if i've over looked something silly or if i'm over my tech head.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
 

netsol

Premium Subscriber
you MUST have an ethernet port
LOOKS LIKE A BIG TELEPHONE CONNECTOR
if you bought a real oddball you can add. one for $20 or buy a USB/ETHERNET adapter for $20.
 

netsol

Premium Subscriber
You can install and configure the usb Ethernet adapter without taking the cover off the computer

either way you need an Ethernet cable

get the adapter we will talk you through setting it up
 

Philw

New Member
Good morning all,
I hope this correspondence finds you all well. I saw you were discussing a similar problem regarding using Windows 7 with an Roland Sp-300v.
Here is my challenge. I have that printer which worked on a windows 7 desktop fine till it died. I have a replacement desktop that i purchased from newegg online that i'm trying to get to communicate with said printer. If I try to run the versacamm drivers disk for USB it says that I have missing spoolers. I'm not of the tech world so Ive looked at other threads trying to understand what that all means. I did go to Rolands site and downloaded the printer drivers onto a thumb drive, but when attempting to upload the message changes to..."printer drivers cannot be added drive module....and I don't remember the rest of the terminology.
Further I watched a video from Roland regarding installing a printer driver but i'm not sure at this point if i've over looked something silly or if i'm over my tech head.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Is your new desktop running Windows 7 ?

I don't know how many USB to ethernet adaptors I've tried over the last 20 years but none have worked for the SP300 which indeed is USB only. Point of fact you don't need the drivers if you're printing from VersaWorks, I've never installed any drivers for any of my Rolands. The RIP talks on a totally different port to usual printers which appears to be why USB to ethernet adaptors don't work. Best workaround I've managed is boosted USB cables which I have run up to 30mtrs.

USB's good until it's not and when it does go wrong it can be really tricky to flush out. A lso there's something on the SP300 boards that degrades with age and they become very fussy about getting chilled near the USB port, in the last 22+ years every SP300 I know of including mine have gone down the same path with connectivity slowly degrading although I've managed to keep my 3 SP300's functioning ok, optimal USB cabling and the computer's USB ports become a critical issue.

If you're trying to print from other software such as Corel, Illustrator, whatever then yes you will need the drivers installed otherwise ignore them.
 
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