Canon Pixma hardware and drivers are notoriously buggy and uncooperative
under Linux in my experience of three of them and gets worse the cheaper the
model.
That said advice here is good, be persistent (although I eventually had to
plug my last one into a Windows VM!).
Rgds
RC
Robin Catling
Full Circle Podcast
On 9 May 2011 08:41, Stuart Biggs <smbiduk@???> wrote:
> opps yeah ubuntu 11.04 - well its a nice release anyway - quick compared
> to windows 7 on higher spec systems!!
>
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> *From:* Jack Knight <jfk@???>
> *To:* Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???>
> *Sent:* Mon, 9 May, 2011 8:08:46
> *Subject:* Re: [Hampshire] ref new topic
>
> On 9 May 2011 04:10, Stuart Biggs <smbiduk@???> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am running ubuntu 11.10 and having great difficulty with my printer,
>> I can get ubuntu to see and recognise it but actually getting it to
>> print is a different topic all together.
>>
>
> 11.10? Wow, can I have a ride in your tardis please? Failing that can you
> please tell me next week's euromillions winning numbers?
>
>>
>> The printer
>> make is a canon
>> model is PIXMA MG5250
>> it is connected via a standard USB cable.
>>
>> When I attempt to print I get no error messages suggesting
>> any kind of failure at all.
>>
>> So I would appreciate any kind of help/input
>> that any one can come up with regarding this.
>>
>
>
> It's not listed in the linux foundation's supported printer list, which is
> always a good place to look before buying a printer:
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting
>
> However, there appears to be a proprietary Canon driver .deb package for
> Ubuntu 10.04 here, which may work for you:
>
> http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100301702.html
>
> You do have to scroll down a l o n g way to get to the download link.
>
> or there is a tarball here:
> http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010889.asp
>
> <http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100301702.html>If
> none of those work, try posting :
>
> Output of dmesg after you plug it in?
> Output of lsusb when plugged in?
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Stuart Biggs
>>
>>
>>
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