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<DIV>Barry</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for prompt reply. With it being A3 size its a bit too wide to
get in my location.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Alan</DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=durham@mailman.lug.org.uk
href="mailto:durham@mailman.lug.org.uk">Barry Titterton via Durham</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=durham@mailman.lug.org.uk
href="mailto:durham@mailman.lug.org.uk">durham@mailman.lug.org.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 18, 2017 5:37
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Durham] Printers on
Linux</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 18/11/17 17:19, A Pearson via Durham wrote:<BR>>
Hello<BR>> <BR>> I gather getting printers for use on Linux is not
straight forward and<BR>> some companies do not seem to produce
drivers.<BR>> Although Epson and HP seem to cover the issue, not all Canon
Printers<BR>> seem to be compatible.<BR>> I have used Epson in the past
on Windows but found they wasted the<BR>> majority of ink on cleaning
rather than occasional printing, and been<BR>> put off HP by their antics
over the years.<BR>> <BR>> So it back to trusty Canon, unless you put me
off. I need to buy a<BR>> replacement for a very old Canon on my internet
machines that<BR>> accommodates Win XP, Win 7, and Linux. Many printers now
do not now<BR>> cater for XP but I see it is possible to get drivers from
Canon for the<BR>> Pixma MG5750. all in one with scanner and 32/64Bit for
Linux.<BR>> <BR>> On one computer I have Linux Mint 64 Bit with
Cinnamon. (A recent install)<BR>> I believe Mint is base on a Ubuntu fork
and ultimately derived from<BR>> Debian. Am I that correct?<BR>> The
reason for asking is that there are a number of drivers each for<BR>>
scanner or printer. I am assuming the ones I need are the two named<BR>>
Debian Package Archive (not rpm- RedHat). Source files are also shown<BR>>
but I assume I will not need those, presumably they are for the
experts<BR>> doing compiling?<BR>> <BR>> Hope you can advise me as I
have got fed up trying unblock a print head<BR>> and hope to make a new
purchase this weekend.<BR>> <BR>> Many thanks<BR>> Alan<BR>>
<BR><BR>Hi Alan,<BR><BR>Brother also provide Linux drivers. I have been using
this model for the<BR>last year, and have been very happy. You will see that
it has drivers<BR>for all of your requirements:<BR><BR><A
href="http://support.brother.com/g/b/oslist.aspx?c=gb&lang=en&prod=dcpj4120dw_eu_as">http://support.brother.com/g/b/oslist.aspx?c=gb&lang=en&prod=dcpj4120dw_eu_as</A><BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Barry
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