Re: [gentoo-user] epson printers using avasys drivers. anyone?

[Stroller]

On 6 May 2008, at 04:32, Chuck Robey wrote:
> ...  I've been trying
> (with no success excepting this longshot, the Epson RX680), to get
> a Inkjet
> printer that has duplex (doublesided) printing to admit they have
> working Linux
> drivers (really, Gentoo ones).  I've found both the Canon PIXMA
> (the MP830 and
> MX850 printers, and the HP C7280, but the Linuxprinting database
> shows no
> support for those yet.  ...

Hi there,

I've got an older Canon inkjet printer, the Pixma iP300. I guess I  
don't use it that intensively, because ink cartridges last me about a  
year, but it has served me very well the last 3 years or so and now I  
always recommend Canon inkjets to my customers. I am very pleased  
with the output and the there is no electronics in the ink tanks,  
which are separate from the head; I believe the head can be replaced  
as a separate item, if necessary, but I have had no problems with mine.

The Pixmas seem to be well-supported on the Mac, and if I look at  
http://127.0.0.1:631 I find duplexing options there (for both short-  
and long-sided binding). Likewise /etc/cups/ppd/iP3000.ppd mentions  
these same duplexing options.

I don't know how much help this is to you, but if it helped you to  
choose Canon I would be pleased, because I have had nothing but  
satisfaction from their products.

Stroller.
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