Of course, there's also the opposite - I used to have a cheap Xerox Docuprint P8 laserprinter, which was discontinued. No windows 2000/XP drivers were ever created, and that was a big deal since it was a so-called 'winprinter' (host-based, where the windows drivers do all the work and generate the raster image for the printer to process, rather than the printer doing it on its own)
Luckily, the printer didn't become an instant paperweight after upgrading to Windows 2000, because I managed to find out that the drivers for an entirely different product line worked as well: one of the workcentre multi-function all-in-one devices used the same printing engine, and its windows 2000 drivers were able to print to my gool ol' printer.
Just ended up with a couple of bonus configuration screens for a fax and scanner module that I didn't have. :-?
Luckily, the printer didn't become an instant paperweight after upgrading to Windows 2000, because I managed to find out that the drivers for an entirely different product line worked as well: one of the workcentre multi-function all-in-one devices used the same printing engine, and its windows 2000 drivers were able to print to my gool ol' printer.
Just ended up with a couple of bonus configuration screens for a fax and scanner module that I didn't have. :-?