will ubuntu know my printer?

[admin]

yes, i think thats a good idea
generally canon haven't been too bad with linux drivers, it just takes 
a long time before you see them in distros
when i bought the printer i had no immense intension of moving to 
linux, linux was just in the back of my head
now i'm firm on changing over from mac osx to linux mainly because i'm 
running a server and osx server is terrible as a server os compaired to 
linux

do you know if companies like canon really help if you email them about 
these things?

john











On 20/09/2005, at 2:54 AM, Lee Braiden wrote:

> On Monday 19 September 2005 17:44, admin wrote:
>> thanks for the reply
>> i had looked into turboprint a few days ago
>> i'm hesitant in paying for software when the whole idea of linux is 
>> for
>> it to be free
>
> Yes.  If you're going to pay for linux driver support, it'd be much 
> better to
> offer a linux developer the money if they create a driver that 
> *everyone* can
> use for free.  There are bounty systems set up for this kind of thing.
>
>> do you, or anyone, know if i can print to the canon MP130 as though it
>> were a "raw" printer?
>> that is, a generic printer?
>
> That may be possible.  Also, as someone else mentioned, it's quite 
> possible
> that you could use the driver for a similar canon printer, that just 
> doesn't
> have all the other stuff like scanning (the other functions, 
> similarly, might
> work with a different driver).  I guess those multifunction things are 
> mainly
> previous printer/scanner/cardreader models mixed together.  No 
> guarantees,
> though.
>
> Also, note that new stuff often takes a while to be supported.  Even 
> if it's
> not supported now, it may be in future.  Especially if you write to 
> canon,
> and ask them to support it on Linux (they do have linux drivers for 
> some
> products).
>
> Next time you buy a printer or other hardware, looking for open, 
> established
> printer protocols like postscript is a good idea.  Also, look up the
> manufacturer's previous dealings with linux, and see how open and 
> supportive
> they've been with the linux community.  Of course, look directly for 
> linux
> drivers, too :)
>
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