win-printer??
Hello all.
I have just recently successfully installed Debian 2.0 (Hamm) from the
disks in a book bought at Borders.
I have run into a problem with my HP Deskjet 722c printer, a printer I
am very happy with on the dos/w95 side of my box.
Apparently it is a win-printer which I did not know existed, i.e. it
depends on the operating system for some of its functionality. So, no
printing from Linux.
I had heard once of a reverse engineering attempt to get a driver that
would work. I'm trying again to find out if such an attempt has been
made, or maybe is successful.
But, I also am curious about the 'legality' of such a thing. I'm
guessing it is legal, even if HP doesn't like it, since I'm assuming
the reverse engineering is being done to determine critical info such
that a driver can be written non-proprietarily from scratch.
I would be interested in anyone's thoughts on these matters. Thanks.
msc
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