[SOLVED] How can I COMPLETELY uninstall Turbo Print?

mw.decavia · 03-24-2024, 02:19 PM

I just looked at the specs and driver support for your Pixma pro-200.

While Canon only lists windows and mac and android drivers, they say your printer supports Ipp printing. Which means you should be able to print from linux natively, without using Wine. By printing with Linux Cups. So do you need "Turbo Print" at all?

I admit I would not have bought such a printer, because it is an inkjet. 4 years ago, for about the same price I bought a color laser printer (Brother HL-L8360cdw). And I have only used about 1/4 of the original toner cartridges in that time.

But unless you have a buyer willing to give you a good price for it, your Pixma pro-200 is what you have, and you must make lemonade.

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Originally Posted by DragonspitPublishing.Com

I'm using a Canon Pixma PRO-200. Big mistake buying it. Most things that run with Windows can be run on Linux using Wine but the best I've been able to do with this one is print on letter size.

TurboPrint says on their website to make sure it works before buying because no refunds. Which I was not able to do. This is legitimately the first trial version of a program I've ever used where you couldn't re-install and try again. I don't touch anything from Microsoft, or anything that requires activation for that matter. This is idiotic, it doesn't come with full features so reinstalling it isn't like using it for free. I would happily pay if I could make sure it works, and wouldn't have even touched it if I knew it was going to be this much trouble.

rnturn · 03-24-2024, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DragonspitPublishing.Com

I installed the trial version of Turbo Print a while back and forgot about it before the trial period expired, but now when I try to reinstall it it won't let me. It re-installs just fine but is still locked.

Their trial version is, indeed, time-limited. Your only recourse would be to pony up for the licensed version.

I have an i9900 and used their trial version fully aware that I would need to shell out the cost of the fully-licensed version at some point. (Once I figure out how to handle the dollar<->Euro transactions, that is. Not a fan of PayPal et al)

If you want to see just what is going on, you might try using "strace" while installing a new trial version and watch what system calls are being made. At some point you ought to see in strace's output that the installation is checking for a file somewhere. You could also enable logging on your firewall while attempting to install and looking for communications to a T-Print server is you suspect there's some phoning-home taking place.