Any luck with Canon iP2600 printer?

[Derek Broughton]

NoOp wrote:

> On 05/24/2009 06:25 PM, eyore15 User wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 May 2009 07:52:24 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
>> 
>>> Can anyone suggest how I could get my Canon Pixma iP2600 to work with
>>> Ubuntu?
>>> 
>> Canon does not really work and play well with Ubuntu.  I had a Pixima iP
>> series printer and couldn't get it to work with 8.04, 8.10, or 9.04.
>> Worked find with a pc, so I found a PC to pair it with and got an HP to
>> use with Ubuntu. 
> 
> Nonsense. I use a Canon MP750 and it works just fine.

Not really "nonsense".  Canon's postscript printers, and maybe some others, 
should work, but Canon Pixma's are useless.  So _some_ Canon's will play 
well with Ubuntu.

> However, I will
> admit that the free drivers sometimes create issues so I use Turboprint
> for the added features, quality, and updates. BTW: HP printers do *not*
> always just work out of the box... I've had to download and install
> direct HP drivers for multiple customers HP printers in the recent past.

Perhaps not always out of the box, but at least the drivers are available.

My experience is that some Pixma's can be made to work, but it's hit-and-
miss, and even models that _should_ work often don't.
-- 
derek