Feigning erudition, Alan Jackson wrote:
% I'm really beginning to get irritated at Canon's total lack of support for
% anyone not toeing the Microsoft line.
%
% I have some Kodak print paper that is not defined in the printer ppd file
% I got from Turboprint. So I sent a request to Canon for the ppd file for
% their printer. And here is the reply...
%
% > Dear Alan Jackson,
% >
% > Thank you for writing to us.
% >
% > Unfortunately, we do not have a copy of the .ppd file for the S900. We
% > only have access to the files for the printer after they are extracted
% > in Windows or Mac. I'm sorry.
%
% Jerks. I'm getting very close to returning it for an HP.
I say you vote with your wallet. Support for Linux is widespread enough
that if one vendor doesn't want to cooperate, I can almost always go to
one that *does* support Linux.
% It's a shame. I think it's a very nice printer, and it has some nice
% features, but I'm not sure I can live with the aggravation.
I'm with you there.
% Would anyone out there have a Canon S900 PPD file that contains Kodak
% Ultima paper definitions?
Can you start with the S800?
% Of course Kodak is so pitiful they haven't even *answered* my query.
So, Canon isn't looking quite so useless, eh? ;-)
Kurt
--
The world's as ugly as sin,
And almost as delightful
-- Frederick Locker-Lampson
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