kodak printer 5300 drivers

Yes Kodak don't really support Linux much, which shortens their sales. Companys like HP welcome Linux greatly and benefit from sales to users of OSes which aren't windows

There are a lot of pages on the printer under linux:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=455699

But I doubt you will get this running due to Kodak being rubbish

So far the forums just don't give me much hope....still looking for someone with magical know-how.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 09:42:16PM -0000, phydeaux2 wrote:
> New question #104572 on yelp in ubuntu:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+question/104572
>
> I am brand new to linux so am trying to get everything up and running. I tried to download drivers for my Kodak all-in-one 5300 printer to no avail. When I try to print, I don't get an error message; it is just that nothing nothing happens at all. I called Kodak tech support who smuggly told me that no Kodak products support linux. I was not amused. Is there a download out there that will allow me to use my printer?
>

A good way to find out whether your printer is supported or not is to look into a drivers databse like one here: http://www.linux-drivers.org/ or maybe others that you can find easily by a google search, this will give you a very comphrensive answer on how your printer will/will not work.

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I tried the link above, but unfortunately it did not have the Kodak 5300 in its database. Does that mean that this machine is not compatible with linux? I hope not bec I am stuck with this printer.

Have you checked

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=528&pq-locale=en_GB&global=en&query=driver+5300?

Peter

Here you can find drivers.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_GB&pq-path=9103

Peter

Thank you, Peter. I tried out the link, but only found the message that Kodak does not support the linux OS. I guess that I am out of luck.

I'm sorry.
Peter