On Dec 31, 2024, e...@gmx.us wrote: > On 12/31/24 07:44, Dan Purgert wrote: > > On Dec 30, 2024, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote: > >> 2. I have a virtualbox Windows XP machine. With the HP printer, it > >> worked through CUPS and needed to find /dev/lp0. So I just made a > >> symbolic link from that to /dev/usb/lp1. XP had a driver for the old > >> HP. Now, though, the devices and the printer have changed. In XP, I > >> can choose from a long list of prehistoric printer drivers. Does that > >> even matter with a driverless printer? I also suspect the new device > >> stub won't work from XP. I don't really need to print from XP, but it > >> was sometimes convenient. > > > > Chances are XP won't be able to print to it directly -- you'll likely > > need to work around the outdated VM's lack of capabilities and "Print to > > PDF" or otherwise send the document to the host machine for printing. > > Maybe someone has a collection of removed Windows printer drivers.
I don't think I'm reading your comment right. The DCP-L2640DW was released in 2022 or 2023. Why would there be a "removed" printer driver from WinXP in this case? -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860
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