I still have a hard time trying to understand this attitude from people. If a
company doesn't want to spend the resources to support certain OSes that is
their choice, if they try to stop others from helping with support (e.g.
drivers) that is another matter entirely. Bashing a company just because they
don't support OS xyz doesn't really change anything, besides the companies that
do release drivers only seem to release binary drivers and force you to conform
to their expectations as to Distro and packages installed (e.g. Nvidia). A
quick search of the affor-mentioned site led me to this link
http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=71392
Costs canon nothing to let others do this (as long as it isn't "supported" by
canon), so it offsets the cost of development and lets them just worry about the
markets they want (e.g. windows/apple).
> I guess it's time to write to Canon and ask thumb why they've got their
> thumbs up their... but in a nice way.
> > DW,
> > If you go to;
> > http://linuxprinting.org/
> > and look at "Printer Listings"
> > I think you will find the BJC-6000 is at least partially supported.
> > Lot of luck :-}
> > Art
> > > I bid on one of these at uBid without looking first to see if it was
> > > officially supported by Linux. Boos and hisses to Canon, it isn't. I
> > > know the BJC-600 and 4000 series are supported. Does anyone know if
> > > those drivers will work with the 6000, or do I have to hook this thing
> > > up to a winderz box?
> > > --
> > > Digital Wokan
> > > Tribal mage of the electronics age
> > > Guerilla Linux Warrior
(text/plain)