Print drivers for Canon Imageprograf Pro-300?

[Will]

Picked this printer up mainly for the wife and her work, but I'd also love to use it without having to resort to a Windows VM.  I extracted the PPD for both Windows and Mac to poke at it, but it references a few programs that aren't supported on Linux.

I've looked at Turbo Print - https://turboprint.info/ - and I certainly don't mind paying for a driver if it fills the need I have.  I know the Pro-300 is pretty new, so I'm wondering if anyone on the list has either:

* Used the Turbo Print driver for the Canon imageprograf Pro-1000 with the Pro-300.

* Or used a generic Postcript Level 3, CUPS, or similar driver for it

I may end up contacting the Turbo Print folks to see if they're working on a pro-300 driver, but I figured it couldn't hurt to hit up this list as well. :)

Thanks in advance,

Will

[Alexander V. Makartsev]

It looks like this printer supports Ethernet\WiFi connection, so there is a possibility you can print directly [1] to it, using IPP or another protocol.

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting#Driverless_Printing_and_Printers

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[deloptes]

Will wrote:

> I've looked at Turbo Print - https://turboprint.info/ - and I certainly
> don't mind paying for a driver if it fills the need I have.  I know the
> Pro-300 is pretty new, so I'm wondering if anyone on the list has either:
>
> * Used the Turbo Print driver for the Canon imageprograf Pro-1000 with the
> Pro-300.
> * Or used a generic Postcript Level 3, CUPS, or similar driver for it
>
> I may end up contacting the Turbo Print folks to see if they're working on
> a pro-300 driver, but I figured it couldn't hurt to hit up this list as
> well. :)

I do some research before buying any product and never failed. It may cost a
bit more, but at the end it works without an issue. The last printer I
bought was HP 402dn for a little under 200€. The last HP 5L worked for
almost 20y. I expect this one to work at least 10

https://www.canonimagedrivers.com/canon-imageprograf-pro-300-driver/

obviously linux support is a myth for that - or can one use the Mac OS X
driver for cups?

[Weaver]

I just take a short cut and never buy Canon.
Their support for Linux has always been less than zero.
So, they receive the same.
Cheers!

Harry
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On Monday, April 12, 2021 03:26:21 AM Weaver wrote:
> I just take a short cut and never buy Canon.

Hmm, back in the day, their ink cartridges (e.g., for the BC-33e printhead for
the BJC-3000) were the absolute easiest to refill, with no issues related to,
hmm, can't think of the right name -- electronic "tags" in the cartridge that
would do things like set an expiration date and were hard to reset (if
possible at all) -- no such tags in the BC-33e ink cartridges.

> Their support for Linux has always been less than zero.

Probably, but I found a cups driver that works fine (except for checking ink
levels). Can't immediately find the driver name.