[cups.general] Call for Cannon PIXMA Drivers (ip3000)

[Dave Sampson]

To all parties with a vested interest in Canon Printer drivers,

All the individuals I listed to receive a CC of this message are parties 
that have a direct vested interest in Canon printer drivers. For my 
purpose, most specifically concerning the Pixma IP3000. The purpose of 
this e-mail is an attempt to bring together many interested parties that 
can contribute greatly to the need for Canon to support cross platform, 
open standard, printer drivers for operating systems such as, but not 
limited to Linux.

Those CC'ed include:

CUPS mailing List
GUTEN-PRINT mailing List
FREE STANADARS Cannon Printer users mailing list
Canon Canada

let me start by setting the co-operative tone and approach for my 
intentions. Canon International has so rightly declared in their 
procurement proces sthe following philosophy

"Canon strives to efficiently procure high-quality
merchandise that is environmentally sound for
the best price from anywhere in the world under
Philosophy-kyosei and working together-basis for
the common good.
(Source: http://www.canon.com/procurement/index.html)

Procurement of merchandise is an important component to man large 
companies. I like how Canon wants to work together for the common good. 
This should encourage all of us in the  pursuit of accessing the full 
power of Canon technology independent of what platform we use.

For a more in depth exploration of the Canon vision and philosophy read 
more... (http://www.canon.com/about/philosophy/index.html)

I applaud Canon Japan for their forward  movement in  providing RPM's 
for many printers(ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/). I would 
suggest this is a model for other branches of Canon to consider 
supporting regional printers in their regional languages across many 
platforms.

Furthermore, "True global companies must foster good relations, not only 
with their customers and the communities in which they operate, but also 
with nations and the environment." (source: 
http://www.canon.com/about/philosophy/index.html)

whether these nations are real or digital, or the environments real or 
cyber, a small issue like printer drivers will succeed through the 
development of relationships between Cannon and the other parties with 
vested interests in printer driver technology.

As for working together, the various open source communities striving to 
support Canon printers shows a dedication and need for continued 
support. By working together these communities have made great leaps and 
bounds. With some additional resources and direction they can continue 
their efforts. This is somewhere that Canon may be able to allow these 
communities to continue supporting the products that Canon sells to 
consumers like myself by providing some technical details without 
infringing their proprietary edge.

I intend to continue a dialog with Canon Canada to help them help 
support my needs as an owner that has chosen a Canon product.

If you are also an owner of a  Canon product I encourage you to contact 
you regional office of Canon and request full support for your product 
under the operating system of your choice. Find your regional office 
here (http://www.canon.com/)

I feel that for this issue to be fully addressed the force will need to 
come within Canon, as ideas seem to develop from within 
(http://www.canon.com/feedback/proposal.html). The drive behind the 
generation of this force, will however come from outside, from the 
users, developers and consumers of their products.  This is why I feel 
that everyone that has vested interest should contact their egional 
offices to demonstrate the volume of requests and the need for support.

I encourage you to make available links to the Canon website through 
your correspondence.


Bellow I have included a Querry to Canon Canada  I made and their 
response. The reference number for the bellow document is 061230-000070. 
Although the status is listed as solved, I propose that it remains open 
while we work towards a driver solution

Thanks everyone for your time.

Cheers


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Response (Canon Staff) 	01/02/2007 03:12 PM 
Dear  Dave Sampson

Thank you for your E-mail inquiry regarding the Canon PIXMA iP3000.

We regret to inform you that we do not have any drivers for Linux. We 
recommend that you visit Linux web site to locate driver for your iP3000.

We have forwarded your concerns with respect to linux drivers, to the 
appropriate department for their information and investigation.  Please 
be assured that Canon strives to market our products in the most ethical 
and professional business manner, and we apologize for any inconvenience 
this situation may have caused you.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to relay your concerns to us. 
 It is only through our customer's comments that we are able to provide 
quality products and service.



Should you require further assistance, please feel free to email us or 
visit our customer support website at http://www.canon.ca
 
 Customer (Dave Sampson) 	12/30/2006 07:13 PM 
Hello,

I have a cannon pixma ip3000 and I am a Linux user.

I have been doing lost of research and have found that the pixma ip3000 
printer is poorly supported for linux users. I am hoping that Cannon can 
fill this hole. I was using both windows and linux in the past, but have 
decided to make the full switch to linux for many reasons including 
ample graphics support and interoperability.

So far I am using CUPS Drivers from the foomatic driver list and am 
using the BJ7000 driver. This is unsatifactory though as I am unable to 
us the lower tray OR use full duplex printing. both good reasons why I 
purchased the printer. but now those features are not included.

>From the Japanese canon site I was very impressed to see RPM packages 
for some printers including the Ip3100 that uses the lower tray but 
reviews say that it does a poor job of rendering colors giving 
everything a red tinge. As a hobby photographer I can't seel greeting 
cards and photos with a red cast caused by the printer.

Furthermore the 560i printer driver was recomended as it renders colors 
accurately, howvere duplex printing and the use of the bottom tray are 
again lost.

Could you please let me know how I can get full use of my cannon product 
under the linux operating system with native linux drivers?

here are some people that would love your help with releasing more 
cannon drivers.

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-PIXMA_iP3000

http://www.freestandards.org/en/OpenPrinting

http://sourceforge.net/projects/foomatic/

http://www.cups.org/

Thanks for your enthusiam in helping me print my pictures.

Cheers


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