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Canon S520
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3 3175 02-16-2005
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100% of reviewers $120.00 6.3



Description: This printer doesn't seem to have adequate support from available drivers. I've tried any number of different Canon drivers, but with limited success.

TurboPrint supplies a driver for this printer which works *very* well.

This printer has a max resolution of 1600x1600. It uses 4 ink cartriges (CMYK) and is capable of making very nice borderless photos on glossy ink-jet photo paper. In my experience, the Canon photo paper works best; and better quality is achieved using TurboPrint under Linux than with the Windows drivers supplied by Canon(!).

The printer takes an incredibly long time to 'warm up' when you turn it on.

I wouldn't recommend this printer under Linux unless you buy TurboPrint (or its like), in which case I can heartily recommend it.

I paid USD 300 for this printer in 2002.
Keywords: ink jet canon usb parallel
Connection Type: usb, parallel


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Old 01-15-2004, 02:18 AM   #1
dirtprof
 
Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Kubuntu
Posts: 0
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: $120.00 | Rating: 7

Kernel (uname -r):
Distribution: Mandrake 9.1



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Mandrake did not include the exact printer driver for the S520, but the S500 driver works fine. On my system (a Dell Latitude CPxJ 650 in a Cdock II attached to the printer via parallel cable), the printer detection suggested using the Canon BJCxxx driver, which did not work well (output covered only the upper left 30% of the page).

I agree that the printer does take a long time to warm up under Linux.
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Old 03-27-2004, 02:16 PM   #2
Squall
 
Registered: Jan 2004
Distribution: Slack 10
Posts: 239
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 4

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.20-4GB
Distribution: SuSE 8.2 pro


Terrible, Doesn't work on half the apps without special drivers that can only be obtained through third party. I did, however, find some good support at linuxprinting.org
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Old 02-16-2005, 04:47 PM   #3
mjrich
 
Registered: Dec 2001
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 1,046
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r):
Distribution: SuSE


The printer works well at 600x600 resolution, using the settings suggested by Vincent Valvona (http://www.linuxprinting.org/piperma...q4/000654.html. Using SuSE, the printer was a breeze to set up - far simpler than windows (which had trouble recognizing the extra USB ports).

Cheers,

mj
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