linux drivers

[Alessandro Valerio]

Does anybody knows if it is possible to download HP printer drivers for HP
deskjet 680C under linux?

Thanks for reply.

[Chuck Slivkoff]

According to the Hardware HOWTO, the DeskJet 680 is supported by the cdj850
driver of Ghostscript.

http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-21.html

If your Linux distribution does not include a version of Ghostscript with this
driver, you will need to get an updated version and possibly recompile it to
include the cdj850 driver.

[Daniel Woodard]

Most Linux printing programs generate postscript. I have found that the
Gnu/Aladdin Ghostscript interpreter which has drivers for older Deskjets will
work with most newer deskjets, i.e. the 882C will work with the ghostscript
djet500c driver, however I cannot determine how to get the full resolution of
the 882C printer. What would be nice, of course, is a postscript interpreter
for the newer deskjets, or at least a Ghostscript driver module. Of course, in
theory any of us should be able to write one if the printer commands are
available from HP.

Dan Woodard

[Owen Sypher]

The deskjet 8 and 9 series actually uses pcl level 3 commands, which are publically available on HP's web site, albeit under the guise of laserjet commands. Have fun :-)

[Owen Sypher]

actually, this link should be a good place to start:

http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport/cspt/cds/dlvr.pl?lid=general&fid=bpd02925&pid=