Scangear

Canon's official scanner driver for Linux, supports some all-in-one inkjet printers. Linux support is harder to find with Canon inkjet printers for the most part. Some models are supported. subtitle

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2023-08-29

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Ask HN: How do I write a Linux driver for my 15 year old photo printer?
Having done that for the Dell 1130 models, I would suggest the following: - Check the mainboard for chipset names/serial numbers/descriptions. Maybe there's a model from another manufacturer that is already supported. - Check the CUPS library. Usually similar models use the same kind of rasterizer that you might be able to reuse. - Proprietary rasterizers are a different story (e.g. In my case) cause they require... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

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