Or give www.linuxprinting.org a go Cheers Dale.
On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:15, you wrote: > > 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
