Will using the wrong driver damage a printer?

Question

Is there any risk of damage using the wrong printer driver? Will it cause any damage to the printer?

Here's my situation -- I had an old HP DeskJet 870Cse and it finally broke, the new printer (HP OfficeJet 5610) uses a driver that's not native to XP. I need the printer to use a native XP driver because when the computer is used as a Remote-Desktop client the server only has XP's built-in drivers, and insufficiant permissions to install other drivers.

Is it safe to just use another more generic HP driver that's part of XP?

I'm willing to sacrifice features to get this working...but it needs to work with at least basic black/white text using only drivers that XP has built-in.

Answer 1

YES IT WILL BLOW UP!!!!!!one!!!1! Jk, no, the worst that will happen is that it won't work either correctly or at all until you get the proper drivers.

Answer 2

hi the worst it will do is print out garbage, wont damage it though

Answer 3

not unless it's a drunken driver

Answer 4

No .. nothing will be damaged in the printer...  just that .. u might not be able to use all the features of the printer.. and there might be some print quality issues.

Answer 5

no only performance will not be good