El 2003-10-28 a las 18:28, John Boyle escribió:
I have installed my Canon BJC-2100 into SuSe 8.2 and it even shows that it is installed. However, it refuses to print as advertised. First, I have gone to all the places I know of to set it up, and I also use the very same printer for OpenOffice in Windows. In Windows it prints correctly, using the proper margins and word wrap, but in SuSe it starts about 2 to 3 inches in from the left side, and runs off the right side without wordwrapping! Even SuSe NOW states that the Canon BJC-2100 is not really supported nor will it be(the latest I received from SuSe) in version 9. Now how you get it to work is something I would like to know, badly. Please explain it in plain English, as I am NOT a programmer. And neither Canon nor SuSe are claiming that it does, now!
First, one detail: you should post to the list, so that other people can see the answers and add more information. I have taken the liberty to send this answer tothe list as well. I have a Canon BJC 4000, and it prints... well, acceptable. The Canon company does not support Linux, neither actively nor passively (ie, they does not suply programming info to the developers). Thus, SuSE can not say that they support their hardware. What we have has been donde by reverse engineering, I understand. Nevertheles, my Canon works. I have some problems, because the drivers are imperfect (one prints wonderfull and fast text, but horrible unusable photos, the other (gimp) prints correctly but slowly). But reading the manual - my printer is old and has a real paper manual of 160 pages, including some programming info - states that the printer can be used as an Epson LQ-2550 as well. I will try this out soon. I guess that in your case - I don't really know your model - it will also emulate some other epson printer , and then your manual should say so. Meanwhile you could use CUPS (browse to http://localhost:631/) and try to adjust your printer configuration. There is a test page there: try it, see if it comes out correctly or not. There are at least a driver that claims to be your exact printer, and some others I suppose are similar. -- Saludos Carlos Robinson