[newbie] CUPS and the HP Deskjet Portable

[Bob Buick]

I've been running my HP Deskjet Portable on several distros from four
different companies. It's always worked well with the HP Deskjet
Portable, or HP Deskjet 500 drivers.

It won't work with any of the CUPS HP 500 series drivers and I've tried
most of their other HP drivers, also with notable lack of success.

Can I kill CUPS (and jump on it) and go back to something that's worked
for 4 years, or is there a better way?

Thanks in anticipation...

                        ...Bob.