Re: Where to find Printer Drivers
On 2000-01-15 12:09:59, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knew how I could get drivers for a Canon BJC-80
> printer for Debian 2.1 Slink. I went to Linux.com, but they only had about
> two printer drivers, and none were Canon.
Don't know what BJC-80 is compatible with, but did you try the ones in
ghostscript (gs):
wind:~$ gs -help
Aladdin Ghostscript 5.50 (1998-9-16)
Copyright (C) 1998 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
-dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages
-g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch resolution
-sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last file
-sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11cmyk2 x11cmyk4 x11cmyk8 x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono
lvga256 vgalib t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 appledmp ccr lp2563 lbp8
lips3 m8510 necp6 cp50 oce9050 oki182 okiibm r4081 sj48 cljet5 deskjet
djet500 laserjet ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljetplus declj250 paintjet
pjetxl jetp3852 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 cdj500 djet500c dnj650c
pj pjxl pjxl300 hpdj uniprint epson eps9mid eps9high epsonc lq850 lp8000
st800 stcolor ap3250 ibmpro bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 lj4dith lj5mono
lj5gray lj250 hl7x0 imagen iwhi iwlo iwlq faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 dfaxhigh
dfaxlow pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw
pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw plan9bm tiffcrle tiffg3
tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack cif inferno bmpmono bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m
tiff12nc tiff24nc bmpamono psmono psgray psrgb bit bitrgb bitcmyk sgirgb
pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 jpeg jpeggray
miff24 mgrmono mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgr4 mgr8 pdfwrite bbox pswrite
epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage
Search path:
. : /usr/lib/ghostscript/common : /usr/lib/ghostscript/5.50 :
/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts
For more information, see /usr/doc/gs-aladdin/Use.htm.
Report bugs to ghost@aladdin.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.
/Allan
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P.O. Box 2022 Phone: 781.279.4513 (home)
Woburn, MA 01888-0022 Phone: 781.274.7000 ext. 368 (work)
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