Faint hope : new printer drivers in FC5?

[beartooth]

Fool that I was, I bought a printer on someone's recommendation, without
thinking to check whether it worked with linux. It's a Lexmark X1185 --
which didn't then, and still doesn't afaict: linuxprinting finds no driver
for it.

So will there be any new printer drivers in FC5 that are not yet generally
available on linuxprinting? If so, is there a list I can check mine
against?

Fwiw, I've been running an XP machine, just for topo maps and GPS stuff;
but it's beginning to look like CrossoverOffice 5.0 (CXO) will be able to
handle at least the most important (to me) of the proprietary suites of
GPS/topo software that I have, Maptech and Garmin. But, I'm told on the
CXO list, neither wine nor CXO can handle any printer that linux can't
already run.

So, if I take to running a clean OS on what is now the XP machine, will
that mean I have one more bulky paperweight sitting around? Or is there
hope with FC5 once I update to that?


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