Print drivers on Linux

nospam@example.com (Scott Lewis) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:27:29 -0700

If you read other entries in my blog, you'll note that I am a Linux operating system user. As a digital photographer, I've had to hunt a little harder for good image management and image editing software but I've found that I can do everything I need to on Linux. Well, almost. I have a Canon i960 Photo printer that is capable of some really great printing. However, there didn't seem to be any drivers that really let me take full advantage of this printer from Linux.

Today I found TurboPrint from ZEDOnet, GmbH. TurboPrint provides drivers for many printers and some handy utilities for setting up and managing printer configuration. There is a free downloadable version but it adds a very annoying logo and text to each print. For only about $30 US, you can buy a key to register TurboPrint and get rid of the reminders on your prints.

Of course I wish Canon or Linux distributors would make Linux drivers for this printer. Until they do, this solution is working quite well for me.

FireFTP, you need this Firefox plug-in

nospam@example.com (Scott Lewis) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:58:34 -0700

I've been searching for something like FireFTP for a long time. This plug-in for the Firefox browser brings a useful, interactive FTP client into the browser. You can access from the tools menu and, optionally, configure it for all ftp links. Drag and drop files, store accounts to connect to and generally make dealing with ftp file transfers much easier without needing a separate ftp client outside the browser.

You can download FireFTP from Mozilla's plug-in site.

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Print drivers on Linux

FireFTP, you need this Firefox plug-in