On 12/31/24 12:32, Dan Purgert wrote: > 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 need to work around the outdated VM's lack of capabilities and "Print to 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?
Ah, my bad. I thought it was a really old printer. I guess Steven will need the W* equivalent of backports then .
