Running the Dell P1500.
It’s a good solid workhorse. However, I have been unsuccessful in getting this (32 bit driver) to play well with a 64 bit OS.
Granted, I only paid $99 for it. But there is nothing wrong with it, and I put a 6,000 page engine in it, plus 32 Meg of RAM. For home use, it’s perfect. Not too large, robust, never jams, clean prints and inexpensive.
And I understand your point regarding the expensive printer and support for future OS releases. Having worked on the PC side of the house, to get a certified driver for an old product is going to cost at least $150K. The business decision is a simple one. How many sales will result fromthe cost of $150K investment in a new driver? Had a friend who spent several thousand on a SCSI driver that was written for Win98SE. For whatever reason, the compatibility mode didn’t work when he upgraded to Win2K - so he had to toss the scanner after just a year of use.