1) I bought it in 1995, before I started with Linux. This printer worked in plain Dos. It is similar (compatible) to current models of the same series (4300 etc), and I do have some programming information for it published years ago.
2) Before CUPS, it worked much better (SuSE 7.3).
3) The gimp-print driver prints much better than the foomatic. What may-be a solution is to setup two printer queues, one for plain text and
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:32, Carlos E. R. wrote: the other for photos, using the different drivers.
4) This is a bug, has nothing to do on knowing how to send info to the printer. It has to do with the internal rendering, previous to sending, a big error somewhere.
5) Only photos are printed wrong, text and other images (not dithered) are ok. Very good, in fact.
You really would have to see the page to see what I mean as "horrible".
That said have you looked at http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-BJC-4000
I think I did many months ago. But the info seemed to me so complicated (to build cups and all from scratch) that I fleed in haste.
I'll have another look...
Also have a look at the Canon Forum on linuxprinting.org and see if there are any solutions posted regarding your problem. http://www.linuxprinting.org/forums.cgi?group=linuxprinting.canon.general
Maybe your best bet is to try out TurboPrint http://www.irseesoft.de/linux/english.html
Ugh.
:-?
At least have a look at this site. Although commercial, the price is not that high, given the results I have seen using these drivers. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------