On Sat, 2009-12-19 at 10:52 +0100, Louis Lagendijk wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-18 at 20:20 -0500, David McGuffey wrote: > > Oldest son came back from college and wants a printer for his Dell > > laptop. I built it with CentOS 5.3 x86_64 several months ago and will > > upgrade it to 5.4 > > > > The Cannon printer he now has (bought with the laptop and Vista through > > the university book store), doesn't seem to have linux drivers. > > what model printer is this? Did you check http://www.linuxprinting.org? > You may also want to take a look at turboprint www.turboprint.info , it > is commercial, but offer good quality drivers for a lot of printers. It > will still be cheaper than to buy a new printer.... > 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. My HP Photosmart 3210 (ethernet) at home works on CentOS. I may give him that one, and buy a new printer for CINC House and me. DaveM