Thank you for your suggestion. I got into the site and was reading, then decided that I would try once again. To my amazement it worked and I was able to put two new ink cartlidges into my printer. So thank you........Grace

I have an older model Epson, the Perfection 3170, which has the capability of scanning negatives and slides. I bought it directly from Epson (refurbished) at a very good price. I still have not scanned the negatives and slides I bought it for, and now the latest drivers available are for Windows 7. I did find out that it can be installed in "compatibility mode" on Windows 8. I've been waffling about a new computer and finally had myself convinced to go ahead with Windows 8. Now, I'm not so sure of what to do. I should have done this job several years ago, and life is getting away from me. I'm sure I'll leave this life with lots of unfinished projects. Can someone explain whether "compatibility mode" would limit any functions of the scanner if installed on Windows 8? I've read some rumors of Windows 9 making an appearance by Christmas time this year. Anyone with any knowledge of this? This just adds to my confusion. Here are the specs of the computer I'm considering: ⢠Windows 8.1 64 ⢠4th generation Intelî Core⢠i7-4770 processor quad-core[3.4GHz,8MB Shared Cache] ⢠Intel HD Graphics [DVI-I, DVI-D] ⢠12GB DDR3-1600MHz [2 DIMM ] ⢠2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive ⢠No Secondary HDD ⢠Microsoft Office Trial ⢠Security software trial ⢠SuperMulti DVD Burner ⢠15-in-1 Multi-slot Media Card Reader, 4 USB Ports (Front/Top), Audio [Front 2USB2.0, Top 2USB3.0] ⢠No TV Tuner Card ⢠Integrated Sound, Envy Audio; Beats Audio ⢠HP USB keyboard and optical mouse with volume control ⢠Wireless-N LAN card and Bluetoothî(1x1) ⢠460W Power supply Apologize for hijacking this thread. However, I think Epson makes some great peripherals.

HI dancing girl ! Alot has happened since I purchased my pe scan! 2 new embroidery machines 1 old version of Disney then a new version of brother embroidery machine ....I haven used my pe scan but once! I tryed using it yesterday. ....it no longer works! Tryed looking it up on brother website but there is no such item must be so outdated! I took it apart today and fuse is black I need a new fuse ! But I don't know what kind of fuse it is! Brother is closed on Sunday :(. Maybe you know someone with this information the rest of the machine is pristine! But the fuse! ...I JUST ORDER THE BROTHER SCAN N CUT LAST WEEK! I'm so excited I'm wondering if I need this machine anymore now that I have the scan and cut I might be able just to transfer to pe design after I scan on cut n scan or I can just transfer it to my machine after that it sounds complicated to me so if I have to but a new one I might just get the flip pro scanner for brother I found one for 135.oo. so I have to wait till next month unless the cut n scan works?? If anyone knows anything about the only fuse that's inside the pe scan let me know ! I like to use this for lace if I can fix it! Thank you so much!! Dancing girl! !

Okay, a completely different approach that I should have thought of before.... Have you ever used the free software Team Viewer? It allows remote access to a PC and works as if the person in the remote location were sitting in front of the PC in another location being operated. Think of the old Client/Server model. The server portion of Team Viewer is installed on the PC to be manipulated remotely - call it the Mac. Client software is installed on the PC where the user is seated - call it the Windows machine. When the server software is first installed, there's a code presented. When the client software starts up on the Win PC, by entering the Mac's pass code, a connection is made from the Win PC to the Mac over the network or over the internet and the person at the Win PC can use the Mac as if they were in the same room. End the session and the connection is broken. It may be hard under the circumstances (you're not where the Mac is) to get this set up the first time if you think you need to be there but it's certainly possible. Get it set up next time you're home so that if another time when you're gone, should other issues befall the Mac or the Mac user, you could connect and try to fix them from wherever you are.