Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:__
Re: Canon pixma mx7600 Canon does not, in any way, provide Linux hardware support for this printer. They do, however, have MacOSX CUPS drivers. If you can extract the files, and install them manually, you might be able to get it to work. After all, CUPS is CUPS, regardless if it's running on Linux or OpenBSD (what OSX is based on).
EDIT: You can find information on how to open Mac's dmg files here. Or you can just mount the file. DMG files are just disk images of Apple's file system: HFS.
to mount it: Code:
sudo mount -t hfs -o loop printerdriver.dmg /mount/point
EDIT2: You must install the following packages first: hfsplus hfsutils hfsprogs libhfsp0
Thanks Fred. Actually, I saw this too and tried it. Alas, I couldn't even get the loopback to work! After this I realized that the Canon is not a Postscript device, and has some kind of a proprietary print language. I think the Mac cups driver must include some kind of a binary program to do the actual conversion. I can't imagine this running on a Linux system.
No.....not at all.
I give up and am happy to buy another printer, I can use them both.
Sorry.....was the only "answer" I found. I can't recommend HP printers enough. I have a large format pro. photo printer from them.....AWESOME. Epson is a second choice. Best, Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org