[ale] canon Pixma

[Geoffrey]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I was "thinking" of replacing my 4-year-old HP5610 all-in-one with something 
> newer/jazzier/wireless, like the Canon PIXMA MP560.
> Doesn't look like Canon is any better at linux support than Epson.
> should I be looking more at the HP line, line the 4500 ??
> 
> basically, I want to print from my Debian desktop, and my wifes Vista laptop.. 
> I'm fine with my Epson R380 on my desktop, but failed misreably trying to set 
> it up to print over the net to the laptop. The Epson driver ate up 100% of 
> the CPU of the laptop, so I had to cancel that setup.


I've not dealt with Canon in the a while, but historically, they are 
probably the worse when it comes to Linux support for printers.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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