On my semi regular trip to Costco I spotted this Canon Multifunction copy/scan/print machine for USD 169.99 after checking that I could bring it back if it was not compatible I figured "hey, what have I got to lose", since it has most of the feature set I was looking for (b/w laser printer, scanner,copier, etc.)
After setting it up and using it as a copier (to make sure it actually works) I went ahead and tried to set it up as a printer using Ubuntu's/Gnome's gnome-cups-config utility. The first try did not work, nor did the second, after a certain amount of googling it seems that this device is too new to be supported. I figure I'm going to take a stab at making it work, if anyone has any idea on how to go about gathering the necessary information to write a .ppd file for a new device, and what info would be needed to make that happen, please share it with me. I've already dumped the lsusb info for the device, but don't know enough about this particular dark corner of computing to make this work quickly. And finally a few questions: why is printing so unnecessarily complicated? Why hasn't adobe made a stab at licensing usb chipsets that understand pdf? -- http://Zoneverte.org -- information explained Do you know what your IT infrastructure does? _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
