Canon S750 Printer - draft quality only?

[Don Levey]

I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750 printer
attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to connect, and
print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my Linux machines. 
However, the print quality seems to always be draft.  The blacks are
grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I get full quality.    

This printer does not show in the list of printers I can set up from
within FC1.  I choose a Canon S800, or S600, as well as BJC 8200,
with identical results.  Canon of course has no Linux info or
drivers; when I need another printer I'll get one which is
compatible.  Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?  Has anyone
gotten this to print with decent quality?  I see sites using a Google
search, but I only read English  :-(      

Thanks,
 -Don

[Tim Waugh]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:17:27AM -0500, Don Levey wrote:

>  I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750
>  printer attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to
>  connect, and print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my
>  Linux machines.  However, the print quality seems to always be
>  draft.  The blacks are grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I
>  get full quality. 
Could you please try the test printer driver updates for Fedora Core
1?  They are in the updates-testing channel, and you need these three:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-January/msg00163.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-January/msg00293.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-February/msg00008.html

If you try them out, please let me know if they improve quality or
not.

(The same goes for anyone else with printer driver problems in Fedora
Core 1.)

Thanks,
Tim.
*/

[Don Levey]

fedora-list-admin(a)redhat.com wrote:
>  On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:17:27AM -0500, Don Levey wrote:
>
> > I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750
> > printer attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to
> > connect, and print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my
> > Linux machines.  However, the print quality seems to always be
> > draft.  The blacks are grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I
> > get full quality.
>
>  Could you please try the test printer driver updates for Fedora Core
>  1?  They are in the updates-testing channel, and you need these three:
>
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-January/msg00163.html
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-January/msg00293.html
>  
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-February/msg00008.html
>  If you try them out, please let me know if they improve quality or
>  not.
>
>  (The same goes for anyone else with printer driver problems in Fedora
>  Core 1.)
>
>  Thanks,
>  Tim.
>  */ 
Thank you for the pointer - I've installed them now, and I will test them
tonight when I get home.
 -Don

[Don Levey]

fedora-list-admin(a)redhat.com wrote:
>  On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 11:17:27AM -0500, Don Levey wrote:
>
> > I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750
> > printer attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to
> > connect, and print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my
> > Linux machines.  However, the print quality seems to always be
> > draft.  The blacks are grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I
> > get full quality.
>
>  Could you please try the test printer driver updates for Fedora Core
>  1?  They are in the updates-testing channel, and you need these three:
>
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-January/msg00163.html
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-January/msg00293.html
>  
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-February/msg00008.html
>  If you try them out, please let me know if they improve quality or
>  not.
>
>  (The same goes for anyone else with printer driver problems in Fedora
>  Core 1.)
>
>  Thanks,
>  Tim.
>  */ 
Tim (et al),
I tried these, and they seemed to work once I changed the dpi to 600 instead
of 300.  Not sure why 300 was still so poor, but the 600 output was
acceptable for my purposes.  I may try some photos tonight, just for the
amusement value.

Thanks for the help,
 -Don

[Robert Echlin]

Don Levey wrote:
>  I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750
> printer
>  attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to connect, and
>  print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my Linux machines. 
>  However, the print quality seems to always be draft.  The blacks are
>  grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I get full quality.     
I have a Canon BJC 2100.
I got it to print high quality black and white by changing the settings 
in the "Gnome Print Manager/ Driver Options". I played with several 
settings. I believe what worked was changing the Media type.
As you may be aware, the Windows drivers change to high quality only 
when you tell it you have superior paper, so this is not a surprise.

Since I am printing only text from my Linux box, I also changed the 
"output type" to Black and White.

Changing the "quality" parameter to a higher DPI did nothing.

YMMV

Robert


>  This printer does not show in the list of printers I can set up from
>  within FC1.  I choose a Canon S800, or S600, as well as BJC 8200,
>  with identical results.  Canon of course has no Linux info or
>  drivers; when I need another printer I'll get one which is
>  compatible.  Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?  Has anyone
>  gotten this to print with decent quality?  I see sites using a Google
>  search, but I only read English  :-(      
>  
>  Thanks,
>   -Don
>  
>  
>

[Don Levey]

fedora-list-admin(a)redhat.com wrote:
>  Don Levey wrote:
> > I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750 printer
> > attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to connect, and
> > print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my Linux machines.
> > However, the print quality seems to always be draft.  The blacks are
> > grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I get full quality.
>  
>  I have a Canon BJC 2100.
>  I got it to print high quality black and white by changing the
>  settings in the "Gnome Print Manager/ Driver Options". I played with
>  several settings. I believe what worked was changing the Media type.
>  As you may be aware, the Windows drivers change to high quality only
>  when you tell it you have superior paper, so this is not a surprise.
>  
>  Since I am printing only text from my Linux box, I also changed the
>  "output type" to Black and White.
>  
>  Changing the "quality" parameter to a higher DPI did nothing.
>  
>  YMMV
>  
>  Robert
>  
>  
> > This printer does not show in the list of printers I can set up from
> > within FC1.  I choose a Canon S800, or S600, as well as BJC 8200,
> > with identical results.  Canon of course has no Linux info or
> > drivers; when I need another printer I'll get one which is
> > compatible.  Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?  Has anyone
> > gotten this to print with decent quality?  I see sites using a Google
> > search, but I only read English  :-(
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >  -Don 
Hmm... PLease forgive my ignorance.  I use KDE; would that print manager 
be available to me?

 -Don

[Wolfgang]

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:17:27 -0500, Don Levey wrote
>  I have a hybrid (win/Linux) network at home, and a Canon S750
> printer
>  attached to one of my Windows machines.  I am able to connect, and
>  print, to this printer using SMB print shares on my Linux machines. 
>  However, the print quality seems to always be draft.  The blacks are
>  grey, the colors are sparse.  From Windows, I get full quality.
>  
>  This printer does not show in the list of printers I can set up from
>  within FC1.  I choose a Canon S800, or S600, as well as BJC 8200,
>  with identical results.  Canon of course has no Linux info or
>  drivers; when I need another printer I'll get one which is
>  compatible.  Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?  Has anyone
>  gotten this to print with decent quality?  I see sites using a Google
>  search, but I only read English  :-(
>  
>  Thanks,
>   -Don 
<snip>

I would suggest to go to www.turboprint.com and download and install their
Version 1.85 (Or better) drivers. It works very well with CUPS and supports
all the printers features (Inluding Ink Tank Status etc). I use it on FC1 with
two Canon printers (BJC-3000 & S830D). The only small drawback is that you
need to register it with $20 EURO's to use the FULL features of the driver.
(But it's worth it) Without the registration key, you can still use it, but
it's limited.

Wolf

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