On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 7:07 pm, MJ Ray wrote:
I was browsing around for a new printer for someone and found the following gem on Canon UK's support site:
"Where can I find Linux or other OS drivers for my printer? Canon only develops drivers for Windows and Macintosh, not for Linux or other OS"
Further, if you look for scanners: "The information for scanners is "classified" and will not be distributed, so there is no program for these products."
As some of you may know, I have been the happy owner of Canon printers in the past (both with third-party drivers) but not any more. Time for them to wake up and support us. It took people a lot of hard work to support the 4-digit BJ series and there's little interest in Canon's current crop.
What's the current best for supported colour inkjets? hp? My current printer is a Samsung that came with a penguin on the box and driver sources, by the way.
Samsung here too nice friendly penguin sticker on the front, works with cups and lpr perfectly. Incidentally the support for Windows XP for my particular model is flakey to say the least but that doesn't matter too much to me.
Cheers, BJ