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Canon PIXMA iP5000 is a good choice for a small/home office user needs as well as for occasional photo quality printing. The printer lacks direct network connectivity support found in PIXMA iP4000R model. However, it is a brief to setup using turboprint. Without the turboprint software the best I could achive is grey scale printing using one of the Canon bubblejet printer drivers for CUPS.
So if you end up with a PIXMA printer and want it to be a fully functional asset on your linux desk space spend an extra $30 on turboprint - it helps to develop new drivers and ,in the end, saves a lot of headache during the setup.
Note for x86_64 architecture: I tried setting it up using turboprint downloaded software for x86_64 on Fedora Core 4 x86_64, but I had trouble with libstdc in lib64. Work around - get i386 package (I am only testify for RPM packages and Fedora Core 4 on x86_64).
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