Take a look at this site.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12207
You may be able to use the windows drivers under linux with this software to
get printer working. Also according to the canon website you have both USB
and parallel on that printer. I personally would use the USB port as it is
faster than parallel.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ec" <eculbert@yahoo.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: driver->canon F50


> Mike, yes, they exist, the question is, does Linux
> have a driver for them also. The real problem is that
> the F50 uses driver software that apparently no one
> has written yet, nor probably will. There are about,
> oh, 1/3 of the world's printers that wont work with
> linux because someone that knows the linux kernal well
> enough to write a driver for it. That is unfortunate,
> but that is the way it is.
>
>
> --- Vaughn Treude <vltreude@deru.com> wrote:
> > On Monday 21 June 2004 01:58, you wrote:
> > > You know, after reading up on this printer it
> > appears that it has a USB
> > > cable. I don't see a USB connector on the back,
> > only a parallel port. That
> > > is why I just used my old cable. Are the printer
> > cables USB on one end and
> > > parallel on the other? There is a square port with
> > a squigely lie next to
> > > it; is that the input for the USB cable? I suppose
> > that port doesnh't
> > > matter since there is a parallel cable. Does
> > anyone understand what I'm
> > > talking about:?) Anyways... do I neede to try it
> > with a differant cable or
> > > else just get another printer?
> >
> > USB and parallel are definitely different beasts.  I
> > imagine you could get a
> > USB-to-parallel hardware converter, there seem to be
> > converter widgets from
> > USB to everything these days.  But I don't suppose
> > it'd be real cheap.
> >
> > Vaughn
> >
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