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    I need a driver for my printer.

    Hi to all. After 4 days of trying to install Knoppix 3.3 onto my HDD (I didnt know cmd sudo knoppix-installer ), finally I did it today. I was very happy until I saw that Knoppix does not have a driver for my printer and modem. The printer is Canon LBP-810 (Canon Laser Beam Printer 810, on the USB 1.1 port). I can not find driver on the Canon web site (sofware.canon-europe.com). I do not know howto write drivers, so I ask you for ur help. Does any1 have a driver for this printer (and how can I install it, anyway)?

    Thanx for ur help,
    MPenza

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    Have you tried configuring it from Knoppix to see if there are CUPS drivers already loaded to support it?

    According to the information here: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...=Canon-LBP-800, you may be out of luck. Looks like it's a WinPrinter with no/limited Linux support.

    Sorry,

    Robert

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    Ok. I understand that. Thanx for ur help.

    MPenza

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    If you would pay for a driver, you may install a turboprint-driver. They take about 25$ for the driver.

    My canon-3000-bjc isn't supported too. Priniting from my laptop I got a big banner on my printing 'Buy a license key'.
    On the desktop-system It worked without such a banner.
    Surprising.
    Now I copied the settings from the desktop to the laptop and no banner too.
    Perhaps there is only a random-banner?
    Or it depended on the format - in the first time I printed directly from openOffice.
    Later - without the banner - I exported my letter to pdf, and printed it with:

    knoLi-2.6.5# > lpr letter.pdf

    Perhaps it depended only on the file-format.
    Since I print about 2 pages per month, I'm not willing to pay 25 bucks. If I had an office I would.
    And the next time I buy a printer I look to linux-hardware-support first

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