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I think the answer is an "unfortunate YES". I have recently purchased a HP 1020, We spend hours and hours trying to install the printer. The HP has the guts ...
  1. 03-22-2007 #1
    loopycrow
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    Is HP printer forcing Linux users to MICROSOFT windows?


    I think the answer is an "unfortunate YES". I have recently purchased
    a HP 1020, We spend hours and hours trying to install the
    printer. The HP has the guts to tell its customers
    that they will provide drivers only for windows 98, 99, 2000, 2001
    and may be 2011!


    I have been using linux for the last 10 years, but I am
    only a user who does some C programming, browse take print out.
    I am not an expert but happy with linux as there is no virus.
    Currently i am using SuSe 10.0

    I searched the net and found many users finding difficulty
    in installing HP printers. Is this a concerted effort of
    multinational gaints to force linux users to windows
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  2. 03-22-2007 #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by loopycrow
    I have recently purchased a HP 1020
    Which exact model is it ? HP LaserJet 1020 ? Check out those links if it is so :
    http://openprinting.org/show_printer...-LaserJet_1020
    http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/

    Quote Originally Posted by loopycrow
    I searched the net and found many users finding difficulty
    in installing HP printers. Is this a concerted effort of
    multinational gaints to force linux users to windows
    I personally find HP printers to be generally very much Linux friendly. I know my HP DesktJet 842C works perfectly in Linux.
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    my 940c works great with linux as well.
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    I'll reiterate what everything has said! For one thing, HP even provides open drivers for the printers. I can actually use all the functions in my all-in-one since the HP drivers allow me to. I forgot what the driver is called, since it changed recently, but I think it's HPJIS.
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    Indeed...the hardest part about getting an HP printer working on Linux is just finding the driver. Once you do, they tend to work flawlessly...
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    You may also want to take a look at hplip. It seems to be the new consolidation of hpoj and hpijs.
    Looking for a distro? Look here.
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  7. 03-23-2007 #7
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    HP has a long history of supporting Linux (Linux support HP), so I doubt they will "force" users to go Windows.
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  8. 03-26-2007 #8
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    I use an HP printer/fax/scanner and it works flawlessly with linux whether over the network connected to a windows machine or directly to a linux machine.
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    I always believed that HP supported Linux probably better then most other printer manufacturers. It's why I always go for a HP printer because I'm almost certainly guaranteed Linux support.

    My HP 6520 works flawlessly on many distributions
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  10. 03-27-2007 #10
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    HP is my favorite where servers, printers and scanners are concerned
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