[NTLUG:Discuss] success storyr

[Leroy Tennison]

Charles Cashion wrote:

> 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?
>
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How do I query the system to determine the chipset (before I buy it)?  I 
look at the manual (yes, I know, heresy - RTM).  Otherwise, I ask.

Concerning Postscript printers, I'm not aware of any Postscript-only 
printers.  What I see is "proprietary protocol"/Postscript printers. 
 I've got an HP laserjet 1200 series which is PCL/Postscript.  I'm even 
seeing Postscript level 2 rather than 1.