Printer drivers?

[Jeffrey Ross]

As of right now Kodak's new line of printers (easyshare 5100, 5300, & 
5500) are not supported under Linux, either by Kodak or a third party.

I've posed the question to Kodak and they wrote back "Unfortunately we 
have no plans of making the printers compatible with Linux."

Its a shame as they have seem to hit on a reasonable printer, the 
purchase price is a little higher but the ink costs are dramatically 
lower.  I admit some of the other printers make better photo prints but 
for the cost I don't think you can beat it.

I have searched but have come up empty handed so far but does anybody 
know of a project someplace out there to write drivers to support the 
printer in Linux?  If so where, I'd be interested in checking it out.

Thanks, Jeff