I just purchased a Canon laser printer that said on the box it works with Linux. After talking with two technical support people and a manager, it turns out that no Linux driver exists!
I have a CD with Windows and Mac drivers - is it possible to use the Mac driver since Mac OS is unix-like? Thanks.
On 5/5/2009 9:16 PM, JohnPetrucci00 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just purchased a Canon laser printer that said on the box it works
> with Linux. After talking with two technical support people and a
> manager, it turns out that no Linux driver exists!
>
> I have a CD with Windows and Mac drivers - is it possible to use the
> Mac driver since Mac OS is unix-like? Thanks.
>
> -John
>
>
What canon printer is it?
No, OS/X is based on FreeBSD. The Unix/Linux similarity is only at the Unix API, not at the binary level. Even FreeBSD drivers may not work as-is on OS/X, because Apple could and are able to change the innards without having to release the source, due to the BSD license.
This UFR II/UFR II LT printer driver provides printing functions for Canon LBP printers operating under the CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) environment, a printing system that operates on Linux operating systems.
so it is LBP
Canon also say
This Driver requires installation of Ghostscript including common API. Before installing this driver, make sure that Ghostscript including common API is installed. Acquiring method of Ghostscript including common API varies in accordance with the kind of distribution.