How to make a network printer from an old printer?

Question

Iron

Greetings.
The question is actually this: there are a certain number of completely working printers, for which there are a lot of cartridges, and the equipment itself is quite working (plus the absence of chips, which is a huge plus).
But the trouble is that there are no drivers for modern operating systems for these printers, even for 64-bit seven there are not always.
Therefore, the question is, is there a way to make such a printer a network one? For example, some Linux distribution that will send some standard printer to the network? Well, in general, something like that.

Answer 1

print server, but not all devices can work with these devices, and you will need to install drivers for the systems

Answer 2

If the printers are not quite ancient, then try installing the XP drivers in compatibility mode. It worked with Windows 7.
Or with a virtual machine somehow break your head.

Answer 3

Ubuntu supports a fairly large number of drivers (very fast installation), try it and it will help you, I drive mine through it. Good luck.

Answer 4

Here they write the following:

Built-in MS Publisher Imagesetter
To use the MS Publisher Imagesetter driver, use "Add Printer" to add a new network printer, select "Connect to a printer on the Internet..." and enter the URL for your printer queue (eg rock :631/printers/Epson). When prompted for a driver select a Manufacturer of "Generic" and the Printer "MS Publisher Imagesetter".

Maybe this will somehow help to get around the problem with the drivers