Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-29 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/29/2013 05:00 AM, Tim wrote: I've certainly come across PDF files that some programs couldn't handle in one way or another (on-screen and/or print), yet others could. You hadn't mentioned whether all PDF files failed, or just some. All pdf files fail under evince. -- users mailing list u

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-29 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 28 April 2013, Joe Zeff sent: > I've now installed xpdf, and it printed. Not quite correctly, because > it cut the bottom off, but it did print. Presumably, there's > something wrong with evince, which is what I was using before. (I > suspect that the file I was working wi

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-29 Thread poma
On 29.04.2013 09:04, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/28/2013 08:57 PM, poma wrote: >> You don't care, yet you mention it. :) >> Outstanding. > > Yes, I mentioned it so that people wouldn't waste time suggesting that I > go get the drivers from the Canon website. I thought it would save > time. Instead,

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-29 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/28/2013 08:57 PM, poma wrote: You don't care, yet you mention it. :) Outstanding. Yes, I mentioned it so that people wouldn't waste time suggesting that I go get the drivers from the Canon website. I thought it would save time. Instead, we're wasting even more time discussing why I me

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread poma
On 29.04.2013 02:37, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/28/2013 04:36 PM, poma wrote: >> Is it so hard to admit that you're both wrong? :) > > And how, pray tell, can I be wrong if I don't care one bit if Canon does > or doesn't support Linux as long as CUPS comes with a driver for my > printer model? You d

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/28/2013 04:36 PM, poma wrote: Is it so hard to admit that you're both wrong? :) And how, pray tell, can I be wrong if I don't care one bit if Canon does or doesn't support Linux as long as CUPS comes with a driver for my printer model? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.or

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread poma
On 29.04.2013 00:34, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/28/2013 03:15 PM, poma wrote: >> http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/Fax__Multifunctionals/InkJet/PIXMA_MX_series/PIXMA_MX410.aspx?type=download&page=1 >> >> http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0011010.asp >> The old time

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/28/2013 03:15 PM, poma wrote: http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/Fax__Multifunctionals/InkJet/PIXMA_MX_series/PIXMA_MX410.aspx?type=download&page=1 http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0011010.asp The old timers: ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread poma
On 28.04.2013 20:12, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/28/2013 10:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: >> My understanding is that Canon is about the most Linux-unfriendly >> printer vendor out there. They do not provide drivers and they do not >> provide a description of how the hardware works so that open source >> pe

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/28/2013 10:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: I hope that someone can come along and tell me that things have gotten better now... I've now installed xpdf, and it printed. Not quite correctly, because it cut the bottom off, but it did print. Presumably, there's something wrong with evince, whic

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/28/2013 10:09 AM, Greg Woods wrote: My understanding is that Canon is about the most Linux-unfriendly printer vendor out there. They do not provide drivers and they do not provide a description of how the hardware works so that open source people could develop one. So Canon printers have al

Re: Minor printing issue

2013-04-28 Thread Greg Woods
On Sat, 2013-04-27 at 17:50 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote: > Currently, I'm using F 17 and I have a reasonably new Canon MX410 > printer. My understanding is that Canon is about the most Linux-unfriendly printer vendor out there. They do not provide drivers and they do not provide a description of how

Minor printing issue

2013-04-27 Thread Joe Zeff
Currently, I'm using F 17 and I have a reasonably new Canon MX410 printer. This works just fine except for one thing: it won't print pdf files, no matter what I do. (I've had this printer since before I had to re-install Fedora, and this has always been true; I just haven't taken the time to