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From: Jolly Roger on 9 Sep 2009 22:30 In article <tom_stiller-B27735.22051209092009(a)news.verizon.net>, Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-732E33.20203109092009(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <invalid-3B4A10.16563209092009(a)news.supernews.com>, > > Sandy Foster <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > > > > > I'm going to upgrade to SL soon, but I'm trying to get all of my ducks > > > in a row first. <g> I have a Canon Pixma MP800, which I currently have > > > hooked to the USB port in my Airport Base Station, allowing both my > > > MacBook and my husband's MacBook (in a different room) to print > > > wirelessly, though I must connect directly to scan; that's fine.� > > > > > > Just today I noticed that Canon has put out new drivers, both printer > > > and scanner, for my all-in-one. The printer driver, though, is CUPS. > > > What exactly does that mean? The version, specifically, is�MP800 CUPS > > > Printer Driver Ver. 10.26.0.0 (Mac OS X 10.5/10.6).� > > > > > > One more question: has anyone already installed this driver in SL? Does > > > it work well? > > > > > > Thanks so much! > > > > I think you probably won't need to install anything at all. Canon > > drivers are included in the base install, and what isn't there will be > > automatically downloaded as needed by the OS when you access the printer. > > Yeah, but if the printer is network connected, SL doesn't see it without > a driver and won't load a driver until it sees it. Can you say > "Catch-22?" Are you sure about that? I can imagine that the OS would see the printer is there regardless. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Tom Stiller on 9 Sep 2009 23:03 In article <jollyroger-E2B5CC.21295909092009(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <tom_stiller-B27735.22051209092009(a)news.verizon.net>, > Tom Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-732E33.20203109092009(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <invalid-3B4A10.16563209092009(a)news.supernews.com>, > > > Sandy Foster <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm going to upgrade to SL soon, but I'm trying to get all of my ducks > > > > in a row first. <g> I have a Canon Pixma MP800, which I currently have > > > > hooked to the USB port in my Airport Base Station, allowing both my > > > > MacBook and my husband's MacBook (in a different room) to print > > > > wirelessly, though I must connect directly to scan; that's fine.� > > > > > > > > Just today I noticed that Canon has put out new drivers, both printer > > > > and scanner, for my all-in-one. The printer driver, though, is CUPS. > > > > What exactly does that mean? The version, specifically, is�MP800 CUPS > > > > Printer Driver Ver. 10.26.0.0 (Mac OS X 10.5/10.6).� > > > > > > > > One more question: has anyone already installed this driver in SL? Does > > > > it work well? > > > > > > > > Thanks so much! > > > > > > I think you probably won't need to install anything at all. Canon > > > drivers are included in the base install, and what isn't there will be > > > automatically downloaded as needed by the OS when you access the printer. > > > > Yeah, but if the printer is network connected, SL doesn't see it without > > a driver and won't load a driver until it sees it. Can you say > > "Catch-22?" > > Are you sure about that? I can imagine that the OS would see the printer > is there regardless. Well, that's what happened with my system. Why should the OS go broadcasting over the network for any connected device that might be a printer and might use a non-standard protocol? It's different for USB devices that can be detected when connected, powered-up or when the bus is polled. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Daniel Cohen on 10 Sep 2009 05:16 Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Sandy <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> writes: > > Thanks for the reply, but Canon told me I'd need new drivers last week. > > > > Be that as it may, what is a CUPS driver? <G> > > CUPS stands for Common Unix Printing Solution. The idea then is that > unix based OSes that use CUPS can then all use the same driver (that > runs under cups) for a particular printer. I don't specifically know about Canon, but on my HP the CUPS drivers (if that's the same as Gutenprint drivers, whih I think it is) lacked some functionality, and I had to reinstall drivers from Leopard to restore full functionality. There are downsides to that, but nothing srerious. I suggest you go over to the Apple discussion group on printing in Snow Leopard. -- <http://www.decohen.com> Send e-mail to the Reply-To address. Mail to the From address is never read.
From: Sandy Foster on 10 Sep 2009 12:28 In article <a0tyzb8rp6.fsf(a)ethel.the.log>, Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Be that as it may, what is a CUPS driver? <G> > > CUPS stands for Common Unix Printing Solution. The idea then is that > unix based OSes that use CUPS can then all use the same driver (that > runs under cups) for a particular printer. Thanks, Doug. I think that helps. <G> -- Sandy sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net
From: Sandy Foster on 10 Sep 2009 12:29
In article <1j5tobu.15ggs7a1s2xmuiN%dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net>, dcohenspam(a)talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) wrote: > I don't specifically know about Canon, but on my HP the CUPS drivers (if > that's the same as Gutenprint drivers, whih I think it is) lacked some > functionality, and I had to reinstall drivers from Leopard to restore > full functionality. There are downsides to that, but nothing srerious. > > I suggest you go over to the Apple discussion group on printing in Snow > Leopard. > -- Thanks, Daniel. I've been there, but that particular forum is so busy that no one seemed to notice my question. <g> I'll try again. -- Sandy sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net |