On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:26, Gene Heskett wrote: > >Linux *was* a four-letter word to Canon, for a long time, but I > > understand that they have *very* recently seen the light, and we can > > expect more support in the future. Let's hope the article I read was > > right. > > > >Anne > > I hope so, some of their printers look pretty good when driven by winderz. > And may even be ok for linux as I see mentions of them go by on the > gutenprint list from time to time. But a major change in attitude on > canons part would surely be mentioned there and I don't recall any real > discussion pertaining to it taking place. The other half of that problem > is that canon, like hp, is a far-flung outfit, and official changes in > attitudes often take years to reach the folks in the trenches. I suspect > it starts in a particular trench, but often gets stepped on in the > boardroom & never gets past the CEO. > That could well be the case. I do have a particular reason for noticing anything about canon equipment. I struggled for about 4 years to get my canon film-scanner working, and only achieved it earlier this year - with a sane driver. Using vuescan it scans perfectly, and prints well too. I've seen many reports that the lide range of printers work well with linux, but I think Canon are co-operating to get open-source developers to write the drivers, rather than supplying themselves. I know many will deprecate that, but it seems to me that if they don't really have the expertise in-house this is better than attempting it and botching it. Anne
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