[Wolves] Canon printers and Linux

[Andy Wootton]

Tim Humpherson wrote:

>Thank you.
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>I guess therefore the Epson R300 would be a better option?
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>Tim.
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>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:30:33 +0000, baza <baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
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>>Tim Humpherson wrote:
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>>>Will the new Canon Bubble Jet i865 work under Linux?
>>>
>>>I have seen the reviews and none seems to mention that it will work
>>>under Linux.  I understand that if there isn't one, a generic printer
>>>driver is usually the norm to use, but I prefer PROPER driver for that
>>>specific printer.
>>>
>>>Anyone out there know the answer to this one?
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>>I've found that Cannon and Lexmark printers are not at all well support
>>for Linux. These two companies don't do themselves any favours with
>>Linux users.
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>>Baza
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On very little experience so far, my Canon i560 works fine using a 
driver for an earlier model that was in CUPS.

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