Re^3: Drucker gesucht 
Hallo,
Für Linux scheint es entweder einen eigenen Treiber zu geben
(Turboprint) oder er läuft so.
Unter ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/ gibt es welche, pixusip3100 läuft angeblich.
Spontan habe ich aber den Eindruck, daß die RPM-Dateien etwas schlampig gebaut wurden.
Ich persönlich würde aber sehr ungerne einen binary-only-Treiber für meinen Drucker haben wollen, das ist in der Zukunft ein Quell potenzieller Probleme.
Eine bessere Alternative kann ich Dir nicht nennen: schleißlich kenne ich mich mit Farbdruck nicht aus. Ich würde als Ansatz auf Linuxprinting.org nach HP und Epson-Modellen suchen.
Zitat http://linuxprinting.org/suggested.html
Color Inkjets
There are two brands worth considering for use with free software:
Epson
The Epson Stylus line, as driven by the Gimp-Print driver, is a good choice for color inkjets. The driver provides excellent quality and extensive tunability both of the quality/speed tradeoff and color rendition. The new 5.x generation of this driver, now named Gutenprint to stress the case that it is not only for the GIMP, is shortly before its first stable release and it is available at the same place as Gimp-Print. The new driver is much more optimized, supports advanced color models as the CMYKRB (with red and blue ink) of the Epson Stylus Photo R800 and R1800 printers, supports 16 bit per color, and has many more user-adjustable options (which can be set to default/automatic for getting quick results). Epson also provides drivers, the Photo Image Print System (PIPS), but these drivers are not totally free (they contain a binary-only module).
Epson has several series of Styli: a Color series, sporting a four color CMYK process; the newer C series, most of which sport pigment based fade-proof inks; and a Photo series, sporting a six color CMYKcm process. The free driver produces output of very good quality on all three types. For a bit more detail, see this forum posting by the Gimp-Print project leader.
Note that some older Epson models have a problem with fading cyan dye (aka „orange shift“) in high ozone environments; for more information on this see Epson’s website.
Hewlett-Packard
Most of the HP inkjet line is supported using a driver provided by HP. Most newer HP models produce very good photo and text output. Duplex printing on paper sizes up to A3 are also supported. The main limitation of the driver is that you do not have any adjustments to fine-tune the output, but the colour reproduction is already very good out-of-the-box; certainly for most consumer and business use it is quite suitable.
HP’s HPLIP/HPIJS drivers are provided under a free license; like the Gimp-Print driver for Epsons, it is included in many modern Linux distributions. With the HPLIP low-level driver and the HP Toolbox many advanced functions of HP’s printers get accessible, as ink/toner level monitoring, nozzle cleaning, and real full-bleed printing on all paper sizes and without necessity of a tear-off tab on the lower edge. HPLIP also supports the extra functionality of multi-function devices, as scanning and memory card reading, so it replaces the former HPOJ completely.
Other Brands
There are few good free software drivers for Canon and Lexmark inkjets. Do not buy one and expect success. Often you have either a printer not working at all, fight with incompatibilities of the few manufacturer-supplied proprietary drivers, or you have to calculate in extra costs for third-party proprietary drivers like Turboprint.
HTH,
Sebastian