I know there are proprietary Linux drivers and software for the HP Envy Pro 6000 multifunctional prnter and scanner. I did not have any luck in macking the drivers working for Linux, and I was thinking if anyone has successfully used such a printer with FreeBSD.
Usually HP printers (and several others) will work with the generic HP drivers (DeskJet or LaserJet). Haven't touched a HP printer for quite a while, so no idea if they still support this great backwards-compatibility.
If that printer understands postscript you can also directly pipe postscript data to it (i.e. use a generic PS driver with cups); many even accept pdf files - so basically you can use nc(1) to print on those printers over a network.
The scanner might be able to work with the graphics/sane-backend. Maybe have a look at their compatibility list.
If this is a dumb device ("designed for windows") where even the most basic functionalities are offloaded to a software package you're out of luck - those will never work with anything but the software package from the vendor and will stop working as soon as the vendor decides to drop support.
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