[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In a message dated 9/26/02 12:56:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > > > I am amazed that HP doesn't have drivers for my HP 6200C scanner nor my > HP > > > Inkjet 722 printer. Why? > > > > No offense, but...why are you asking us?? Ask HP. > ---------------------------------------------------- > The answer HP would probably give is that the money is on the PC side. And > another excuse -- and this is my own surmise -- is that Apple's OS's are > still too unpredictable to write software for Macs. Certainly when both the > 6200 and 722 were marketed -- about 3-4 years ago, probably the advance info > Apple probably made available to HP indicated that it didn't pay for HP to > write software until 9 or X hit the market.
I looked up the printer on the linuxprinting.org web site (they've got information about most common printers there) and it seems that the 722 is a winprinter, i.e. that it doesn't have much in the way of its own brains. The computer controls the printer at a very low level (as opposed to Postscript and PCL printers, which tell what characters to put where, where to draw lines, etc., but I think similar to Quickdraw printers-- but I'm not sure about those). There's an open source Unix driver called pnm2ppa that could probably be ported to MacOS X without *too* much trouble, at least for somebody with porting experience. -- Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
