On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:16:40AM +1050, sreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Q3) I have a reasonably new Canon LBP-810 laser printer that > I can't print to because Fedora doesn't have print drivers > for this printer. I've googled for printer drivers, but > can't find any. Yes, that sinking feeling you have is correct, you don't have a printer that you will get working with Linux. Yes, drivers may show up, or someone may write a piece of code that wraps itself around a Windoze printer driver. Not likely, and not a long term solution, because in the end Canon really doesn't want you using this printer, and you probably don't want to use it either. That is a top-feed printer, and if the mechanism is at all like the HP LJ6L printer I have gathering dust in the garage, it jams in a passing breeze. Toner is expensive as hell on those little printers. The input tray holds hardly anything. On the newest printers (like my Canon combo faxcopier) they actually build chips in the toner cartridge to make sure you don't use a brand X cartridge, or refill it. I'm not sure what the best recent printer solution is, but I am pretty happy with a couple of refurbished HP Laserjet 4M's . The toner is still available, the cartridges refill easily, and if the rollers and separator pawls are replaced every few hundred thousand prints, these keep going forever. You can probably sell your Canon to a Windoze person, and get enough money to buy a refurbished 4M with a 10BT ethernet card. And Postscript printers are a joy; hacking raw Postscript is fun, and all sorts of applications know how to do it for you. There are plenty of refurbs for sale out there, expect to pay $150 plus $50 shipping, check Ebay. BE SURE to tell them to REMOVE THE TONER CARTRIDGE, and ship it sealed in a separate plastic bag. If you want something newer/faster, perhaps someone else can chime in here with a more recent Postscript printer. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom keithl@xxxxxxxx Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs
