My comment re Windows 3.1 drivers, was that the new printers are no 
longer supplied with them. As you say, if you are lucky, you may be able 
to find drivers from an old model that at least support the basic 
functions of the printer (perhaps not photo quality colour printing from 
within Win-OS2 for example).

You'll need input from other Canon printer owners, to suggest which ones 
may be compatible.

Cheers/2

Ed.

Harry Travis wrote:

>Spake Harry,
>
>A big thanks for the rassurance re USB. But your reply re: the Canon
>printer driver is incorrect. I know there is NO win31 driver for the Canon
>i450-950 or pixma successor. But there ARE win31 drivers for earlier Canon
>models which will work. We just don't know yet which ones, or where to
>find them in a form from which they can be installed in Win/OS/2.
>
>answering:
>        Ed Durrant   ' message of:
>        05/22/05  at 03:12 PM,
>        About:Re: [OS2HW] Suggested win/os2 driver for Canon i560 printer
>  
>
>>Harry Travis wrote:
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>>Four issues here that I didn't have when my printers were PS
and PCL: Well
>>>that's one of them, I've moved off standard.
>>>
>>>Second, what is a compatible win31 driver, understanding it won't take
>>>advantage of the middling Canon i560.
>>>
>>>Third, the driver has to not come bundled with a 32 bit win95
>>>installer/wrapper. 
>>>
>>>Fourth, and deserving a separate query: Can this work with a USB
>>>connection?
>>>
>>>HPT
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Last to first,
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>The OS2 print queue (ie LPT1.OS2) talks to the USB connection, so as 
>>long as the Win-OS2 driver is configured to talk to LPT1.OS2, it should 
>>work (given you can print from OS/2 to the printer of course).
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>It is now the case that hardware is not being supplied with Windows 9x 
>>drivers. 
>>Since no Windows 3.x drivers are produced anymore for current hardware, 
>>you may have a major problem finding any drivers that work, 
>>    
>>
>
>HPT
>  
>



 
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