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From: nmmneosbanjaxed on 4 Sep 2005 15:30
Hi, Does anyone know how to get the canon pixma ip1500 printer working
in SUS linux 9.1? Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards Steve
From: Roger Leigh on 4 Sep 2005 17:40
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nmmneosbanjaxed(a)tiscali.co.uk writes:

> Hi, Does anyone know how to get the canon pixma ip1500 printer working
> in SUS linux 9.1? Any help would be much appreciated.

It's not supported at all, AFAICT. There is preliminary support for
the IP4000 in Gutenprint (you could try our 5.0.0-rc1 release).
However, Canon are not at all friendly towards free software driver
writers, so support for Canon printers will always be worse than for
other manufacturers until they change their attitude. Without
specifications, drivers cannot be written without painstaking reverse
engineering, which may not always be accurate since so much is
guesswork.


Regards,
Roger

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From: Paul Harris on 5 Sep 2005 03:52
nmmneosbanjaxed(a)tiscali.co.uk wrote:

> Hi, Does anyone know how to get the canon pixma ip1500 printer working
> in SUS linux 9.1?

http://www.turboprint.de/printers.html
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Paul

From: Roger Leigh on 5 Sep 2005 17:18
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Paul Harris <news(a)ehteam.screaming.net> writes:

> nmmneosbanjaxed(a)tiscali.co.uk wrote:
>
>> Hi, Does anyone know how to get the canon pixma ip1500 printer working
>> in SUS linux 9.1?
>
> http://www.turboprint.de/printers.html

Do bear in mind that this is not free software, the drivers were
developed under NDAs and you don't get any source code. Free software
drivers for this printer do not exist.


Regards,
Roger

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From: Paul Harris on 6 Sep 2005 04:33
Roger Leigh wrote:

> Do bear in mind that this is not free software, the drivers were
> developed under NDAs and you don't get any source code.

OP didn't specify OSS

> Free software drivers for this printer do not exist.

Are you sure?

There is a free evaluation version of Turboprint. I tried it for my Epson
some months back and it just disallowed the high resolution modes. Maybe
the free version for Canon puts "turboprint" logos on each page? Is that
what you've found?

The reason I was investigating was that Canon always seem to get "best buy"
in "Which?" so I though I might get a Canon next time. I'd much rather pay
ý20 to turboprint once and get ripped off (less) for ink cartridges for the
rest of the printer's life :(

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Paul

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