Canon PIXMA support

Anish Mistry mistry.7 at osu.edu
Tue Jun 27 22:16:43 UTC 2006


On Tuesday 27 June 2006 14:38, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 07:27:50PM +0300, Ivan Asmer wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I'm interesting how to run my canon pixma iP 1500 under my honest
> > freebsd. As I found in internet this is impossible. Who can say
> > more?
Here is how some Linux folks got it working.
http://forum.linspire.com/viewtopic.php?p=534013&

>
> If it's not listed at the following link, you're probably out of
> luck:
>
> http://www.freestandards.org/printing/public/printer_list.cgi?make=
>Canon
>
> In general, check compatibility with FreeBSD before you buy. If you
> can afford one, get a printer that understands the Postscript
> printing language and has a parallel port. That will Just Work.
Most HP printers (99%) are supported (including faxing and scanning) 
via hplip (HP's Official Linux/Unix Driver) in the ports.  Check 
hplip.sourceforge.net for the compatibility list.

-- 
Anish Mistry
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