[Warty] - Printer drivers and installation - Linz

Lindsay judenlinz at orcon.net.nz
Wed Apr 20 05:51:35 UTC 2005


Never mind - I'll have the resort to the Redmond OS to do printing.
It'll hurt, but I can do that.

On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 00:37 -0500, William F Pearson III wrote:
> Lindsay I can vouch for poor all-in-one device support in Linux. It's
> frustrating but this is mainly due to hardware vendors that design
> with only windows in mind. You should at least be able to get the
> print features of your hardware working. linuxprinting.org should be
> able to generate a cups print driver for your printer if you head to
> the site that Mike suggested.
> 
> On 4/20/05, Lindsay <judenlinz at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> > OK.  I can live with that and have a way around it.   Thanks for the
> > time and support.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 00:16 -0400, Michael R Head wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 15:00 +1200, Lindsay wrote:
> > > > Just did that.  The printer still does not appear on the list.
> > >
> > > I searched for your model. Sadly, it's a multifunction device. These
> > > have poor support in linux at the moment.
> > >
> > > Still, I did find this:
> > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/canon-list/2005q2/002042.html
> > >
> > > They suggest that you treat it as a Canon BJC7004. Hopefully that
> > > driver appears in your list!
> > >
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > mike
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael R Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
> > > GPG: http://www.suppressingfire.org/~burner/gpg.key.txt (ID 23A02B1F)
> > 
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> 
> 
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> William F Pearson III
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