T i m wrote:
The problem (to a tiny minority not running Windows) being a 'Windows
only' printer relies on Windows (unless some geek in a shed reverse
engineers the Windows drivers) to run and so if you want to share it
over the network you would also have to do that via a Windows PC. As
new Windows versions come out (after day 13 years as Vista was to XP)
it's *possible* that the printer would no longer be supported (by any
later version).

I was given a printer that was the other way around: manufacturer provided
no drivers in Vista (or was it 7?), but worked fine under Linux (and Mac, if
you pretended to be a newer model of the printer). I configured a CUPS
server to make it available to everything so no need to install the drivers
everywhere, just send Postscript to CUPS and it would convert.

Theo