Re: os/2 and Parallel scanners

Hugo van der Kooij (hvdkooij@caiw.nl)
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:45:34 +0200 (CEST)

On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Kevin Turner wrote:

> Here's the reply I recieved from someone at HP after a bit of
> back-and-forth inquiring about developing drivers for their all-in-one
> printer/scanner/copier 300-series, which uses a parallel port interface.
>
> >> or can you not answer this because if you do, a couple of guys named
> >> Bruno and Guido will come to take your kneecaps off and bring them back
> >> to Redmond?
> >
> >LOL - Bruno has been promoted to VP of Public Relations and Guido has
> >not been heard from in weeks (last seen shadowing the AG).
> >
> >There are no resources generally available. There is a program which
> >you may want to take advantage of through HP's ISV (Independent Software
> >Vendor)group. There are certain criteria that you have to meet, one of
> >which is that you are making a product for public consumption and that
> >you will support that product. You can contact the ISV group by calling
> >(970) 350-4393.
> >
> >Good luck!
>
> So a question we hit here is, is there anyone willing to "support that
> product"? Can we sign up RedHat or something? ;)

If you write GPL driver isn't all the world (or at lease plenty of us ;-)
your support?

Hugo.

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