Re: recent Canon printers and Linux
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:41:09 +0800
John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> wrote:
> Justinas wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:48:50 +0800
> >John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Has anyone had any success at all with Canon I-series printers and Linux?
> >>
> >>The requirement is not to print from Linux itself, but to
> >>a) Attach the (USB-only) printer
> >>b) Share it
> >>c) Use it from Windows and Macs.
> >>
> >>It's not the kind of Q&A I usually find at Linux Printing Dot Org.
> >>
> >>
> >>--
> >>
> >>Cheers
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I found them on this site: http://www.canon.co.nz/drivers/index.html , i have been using my i250 @ home on Slackware linux for a while. Thats all, what i remember.
> >
> >
>
> That site doesn't navigate in Moz or Firefix:-((
I'm using firefox 0.8, it browses normally.
> However, I get the feeling it's going to give me Windows drivers.
>
> What I actually want to do is take a file (via CUPS or whatever) and
> write it to the printer with no interpretation or manipulation of the data.
>
> I don't want the ability to create Canon printer control language: it's
> up to the Mac and Windows computers to do that. I do want to know
> whether the USB componentry is likely to work.
I think so.
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