[NTLUG:Discuss] success storyr

[Charles Cashion]

Bruce DeGrasse wrote:
> 
> Charles, congrats on getting wireless to work.  I have a Cannon IP3000 and 
> having trouble to get it to work, so let me know what kind of success you 
> have with your i550.  My IP3000 is on an XP and I access it through Samba, 
> for most setups I use CUPS and it prints pages about 5x7 instead of letter 
> size.  In most setups it times out at 10 min between pages.  Not particularly 
> a good thing.  My Epson does work so I am not dead in the water.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Bruce

Bruce,
I do not know if this would be any help, but I found one ftp archive for
Canon printers. It is

	ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/

I found this at the suggestion of Kevin Brannen (11/25). I just went 
back and searched for "3000" and there is nothing there.

I might have got carried away with the downloads. I probably got more
than I can use.
12/01/2005  02:54 PM            58,762 bjfilter-2.4-0.tar.gz
12/01/2005  02:56 PM            48,618 bjfiltercups-2.2-1.i386.rpm
12/01/2005  02:55 PM           847,218 bjfilterpixus550i-2.2-1.i386.rpm
12/01/2005  02:57 PM         1,070,181 guidepixus550i-2.2-1.tar.gz
12/01/2005  02:59 PM         1,070,181 guidepixus550i-3.2-1.tar.gz
12/01/2005  02:57 PM           193,598 guidepixus550icups-2.2-1.tar.gz
12/01/2005  02:58 PM           193,598 guidepixus550icups-3.2-1.tar.gz
12/01/2005  02:58 PM             2,745 readme-1.3-1.tar.gz
In particular, the readme file is probably in Japanese.

Terry added
T>
T> Before buying your next printer, check at 
T>http://www.linuxprinting.org first.

Terry,
Thank you, but after checking that page, I am reminded of the boy that
tried to take a sip of water from a fire hydrant.

Leroy wrote
L>
L> Where do you check before buying your next motherboard.  I got bit
L> with a VIA video chipset for which there is, at best, a beta driver.

Leroy,
How do you query the system to determine your video chipset?
Charles

PS When I worked for DSC Communications, all company printers were
"PostScript" printers. Does anybody still make a "PostScript" printer?
Is that one of those things that is prohibitively expensive?