Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:14:40 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: WATANABE Kazuhiro <CQG00620@nifty.ne.jp> Subject: Re: Canon Pixma iP4500 - problem with colours Message-ID: <200810051214.41042.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081005083034.1F6E65FC50@mail.asahi-net.or.jp> References: <200810011546.29798.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <20081005083034.1F6E65FC50@mail.asahi-net.or.jp>
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On Sunday 05 October 2008, WATANABE Kazuhiro wrote: > I've used Canon MP810 with CUPS and "IJ Printer Driver" for Linux > (supplied by Canon) on FreeBSD. > > Canon doesn't supply the printer driver for MP810, but I've been able > to use the printer with the driver for MP610. These printer specs > are very similar. > > I don't use the printer from FreeBSD so many time, but printing an > web page from firefox and the "Print Test Page" from > http://localhost:631/ are fine. That color print has no defferences > between the Windows's one. > > > So you will be able to use Canon iP4500 (and MP610/MP520/iP3500) with > the procedure below [1]. [snip] Thanks very much for this clearly detailed explanation of how to install the linux driver. This looks very promising and I'll certainly give it a try. I may have to put this task to one side while I deal with some other jobs but I've downloaded the files and filed your email for reference - I'll report back when I've tried it. -- Mike Clarke
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