https://funinkina.co.in/tags/driver-development/Recent content in Driver Development on funinkina's cornerHugoenSun, 17 May 2026 02:40:34 +0530https://funinkina.co.in/blog/reverse-engineering-a-printer-driver-for-linux/Sun, 17 May 2026 02:40:34 +0530https://funinkina.co.in/blog/reverse-engineering-a-printer-driver-for-linux/<h2 id="context">Context</h2> <p>I have this <strong>Ricoh SP 200</strong> printer, a simple and cheap black-and-white laser printer. The issue is that the official drivers are only available for Windows. CUPS on Linux is excellent and supports most printers out of the box, so naturally I tried everything: foo2zjs, OpenPrinting, HPLIP, Gutenprint. Nothing. This printer is truly one of a kind in the worst possible way.</p> <p>My only option was a Windows VM with USB passthrough, which worked but required booting into a VM just to print something. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and write the driver myself. How hard could it be?</p>