Peter: You helped me half way. I need further guidance:
Peter E Collier wrote:
Hi Dennis.
I had problems a while back with a canon Pixma ip4000. Support for canon
printers under linux I found is not strong. Many google searches came up with
using different canon models that would give me basic printing abilities but
not the full scope of the printer. e.g. reduced resolution and sometimes no
cd printing. Gimp + gutenprint got me a bit nearer. I ended up downloading a
driver file from www.turboprint.de . This solved the problem and also gives
full printer utilities like ink levels, clean heads, print head alignment
etc. Note, the download is free but asks you to pay about £25 for a licence
key which without, the printouts have a logo on them saying printed using
turboprint. I've used it for 2 years now and although the payment was a
nuisance, the printer has been great.
First I would suggest google for something to give a compatable driver or
workaround and the the gimp + gutenprint which gives you printouts but not
for the highest resolution in my case, yours might be ok.
Peter C
I downloaded the gutenprint rpm and installed it. I went to TurboPrint
setup and tried to load the Canon PIXMA MP830 driver only to find that
TurboPrint insisted on the /dev/lp0 device. I went to
Yast2/Hardware/Printer and noted that the printer was not spotted by the
printer application. I went further and loaded the MP830 driver(which I
assume was the one I downloaded from Gutenprint) and tested the
connection: I was informed that I was using "a different spooler". The
queue printer set up could not be saved because "selected spooler does
not support it". I looked around for a spooler selector and found none.
Can you help me further?
I know the connection between the computer and the MP830 works because
when I turned on the computer, the MP830 (which I left on since the last
session) woke up (the LED screen turned on and the motor made a noise).
Dennis J. Tuchler
University City, Missouri 63130
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
