On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Stephen Harris lists@spuddy.org wrote:
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 06:33:18PM -0500, David McGuffey wrote:
Yes, I checked that site. The printer is a USB Cannon IP1800. Chasing links I found at linuxprinting I had to go to Japan to get a driver, but it wouldn't work.
Been there, done that - one reason I recommended avoiding Canon printers....
Try
http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0027213.asp?model=
(found from http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010455.asp )
Even includes a nice rpm which has a cups PPD driver :-)
If this works, go for it. Does this mean that Canon is coming around, finally? Two years ago, they didn't acknowledge that Linux was anything other than a nose-up-turner....
(I'd still stick with Brother or HP. If the Canon ink cartridges are the newer, electronically aware/controlled kind, I'll be surprised if you don't want to switch soon enough anyway.)
Best of luck anyway.
mhr