> Here I was thinking I was just asking for a bit of advice from other more > experienced users, how wrong I was...
Ok, if you can't guess the answer to your question by now ;), here is: If you have a current Linux distro, all the software which can deal with your printer is already included. If there isn't anything which deals with your printer, then your printer is plain not supported by open source software. Sorry if that wasn't the answer you wanted to hear though... Specifically, all the printer control is done by ghostscript (one way or another, it all ends there). I don't think gimpprint does printer control, it only deals with colour and page handling. Turboprint would most likely solve your troubles as it handles printers directly (calling ghostscript if necessary for any postscript jobs). Canon doesn't give a damn about Linux users and refuses to even talk to open source developers. Draw your own conclusions. You could investigate whether the latest versions of ghostscript (somewhere in the 8) know about your printer. These versions of ghostscript will not be part of your distro for copyright reasons, you may have to compile them yourself. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
