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Printing in Linux w/ Canon BJC-255sp's?

Posted by Cliff on from the does-this-work? dept.

Hmmm...this seems to be printer-driver-question day. Vesuvian Doppleganger asks: "Where can I find Linux drivers for a Canon BJC-255SP colour bubble jet printer? The canon sites don't offer any Linux/UNIX support and an exhaustive search of the net has turned up nothing.... "

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  1. xbubblejet for canon printers by xbill · · Score: 1

    Ghostscript also works with a tool called xbubblejet- it was developed for a BJC-4200- but I have it working on other canon printers like a BJ-610 and a BJC-250. You may be able to tune it for the specific canon printer. The source is at: http://www.butera.org/xbubblejet/ I use the sample filter script for lpd with LPRng to format the output with ghostscript. -bill

  2. CAN get BJC-610 working in color! by Praxxus · · Score: 1

    I just did it this weekend, and it works flawlessly. Get the Aladdin Ghostscript. It will come with a whole slew of bjc610nX.upp files, where n=a or b and X= 0-7. There's a different driver for every resolution(360 & 720)/paper type combination.

    This gets hairy, because the GS command to print, for example, 720x720 on coated paper is something like:
    gs @bjc610b2.upp -sOutputFile foo.pdf -c -quit
    So I made a bunch of shell scripts for different resolutions/paper types, which shortens the command to "7c foo.pdf" Much better. Simple, really.

    I suppose if I wanted to work at being really lazy I could make multiple printer icons on my KDE desktop and have drag'n'drop printing for every resolution/paper type. =D Right now I have 1 icon set at a "rough draft" setting (360 dpi, high speed, plain paper).

    Here is a listing of the BJC-610 uniprint drivers, what they do, etc.

    This should do ya up right proper-like. Have fun!
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    Okay, I got Linux installed. So where's the free beer everyone keeps talking about??
  3. Printer drivers for Cannon Bjc 4400 by ArchAngelQ · · Score: 1

    Just wondering if similar drivers would work for all the features of the Bjc-4400. Also wondering about getting the scanner cartrage (IS-22) working under linux.

  4. Can't get BJC-610 working in color by Dr.Claw · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I use GNU-GS and a Canon BJC-610, but I can't get color working... would aladin GS help? B+W works fine with the BJC-600 driver, but there isn't any BJC-610 driver that I've seen...