A way to run a printer within an unsupported os?

[12345678]

The Printer's drivers don't support ancient oses.

 

There are actually other machines where it can be runned. So is there a way to use those machines as like a web/print server where this dinosaur of a machine can use the printer without issues?

[OhYou_]

5 minutes ago, 12345678 said:

where this dinosaur of a machine can use the printer without issues

im assuming like a paper printer?
usually the issue is the other way around hah
what os is the older pc running?
it was 10 years ago but I used to use google cloud printing where you install software on the pc connected to the printer and it acts like a server and you can just print to it from any other pc you can sign into your google account on. no drivers required.

[Needfuldoer]

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What "dinosaur of a machine"?

 

What printer?

 

If you can spin up a Linux machine running CUPS, I think you should be able to share it as a generic PostScript queue.

[Alex Atkin UK]

You should be able to use CUPS as the printer server (if it supports the printer, but it likely does) and a generic postscript printer driver from the ancient OS.  Specifically how you set this up I do not know.  There is some discussion of this https://superuser.com/questions/1234686/use-cups-own-driver-when-sharing-a-printer

[12345678]

2 hours ago, Needfuldoer said:

[ Moved to Peripherals ]

 

What "dinosaur of a machine"?

 

What printer?

 

If you can spin up a Linux machine running CUPS, I think you should be able to share it as a generic PostScript queue.

Printer: brother mfcl6710dw 

Os: Some acient version of windows, I can't remember since I don't have the machine at hand

 

I just came to be curios since on the net all I could found was about how to fix the opposite problem