On 24-May-2002 MJ Ray wrote:
Oh dear, this does pose a problem. Well tried the generic PCL and PS no luck, then tried oki4w still no luck. This could be the deciding point of not using Linux as my desktop :( I will plod on trying to find a solution, which may be hard as a newbie. Any thoughts guys please shout, and no one say buy a new printer, it ain't a possibility. Cheers for your time Mark.
I assume it's too late to return the thing as "not fit for purpose" or some such? I see you're already active on the linuxprinting.org lists. I guess you probably checked cups.org and found no drivers available there either.
It is probasbly not too late, but unless he said *at the time of purchase* that he wanted it to run on Linux, he might be in for a bit of an argument. Computer supplies comapines have a history of ignoring, or trying to sde-step, the Sale of Goods Act. One generallly has to do everything inw rting and copy all correspondence to the local trading standards office.