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Printing in Linux w/ HP Deskjet 660Cse's?

Jason Osborne asks: "There is one thing though Windows seems to excel at and that's printing. I have an HP Deskjet 660Cse and I can't get it to print correctly. I have searched the Internet endlessly and have tried many filters and daemons including both the original BSD print daemon and the somewhat newer LPRng daemon. I have seen many filters designed for HP Deskjet printers, it seems none will work for me. Does anyone have any information or filters on/for printing in Linux with HP Deskjets that may help? Are there any future development plans by HP or the Linux Development Team for any additional and more up to date information and drivers for the HP Deskjet 660Cse serious and other such 'Made for Windows' type printers? " My take is that if the printer says 'Made for Windows' on it, then it's a closed architecture and likely that its specs will be unavailable to anyone without a hefty price-tag and an NDA. Does the HP 660 series fall under this category? I miss the days when hardware manufacturers actually cared if their products were getting used by everyone as opposed to everyone running a particular operating system. Something is inherently backward in how things stand today.

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