Lewin, at 21:39 on May 06 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PM> HP and Lexmark make much better printers anyway :-)

BG> Pity that many of them are simply rerbadged Canons then, isn't it? 

LE> The hardware is OK, it's just the support which is bad. 

You'll get no argument from me about that, I'm sorry to say.

LE> I bought a Canon color inkjet a few weeks ago, mainly because it was cheap. 
LE> I didn't expect any support out of them  (I'm using it in Linux and OS/2) 
LE> so I wasn't disappointed. 

If it ever breaks down, you certainly will be.

LE> I do note however that the Windows 3 and Windows 4 drivers they shipped 
LE> were based on alpha code, with a FileVersion of "1.10alpha1 -
Internal use 
LE> only. Do not distribute".

Presumably written by either MS or a 3rd party.  No way did Canon
themselves supply those drivers.  That, sadly, appears to be beyond those
cretins.

Regards, Bill

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