HI Jack
Just to let you know I downloaded the device driver and installed
and I did a quick test print - it appears to be working fine
so thanks for the help.
Stuart Biggs
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From: Jack Knight <jfk@???>
To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???>
Sent: Monday, 9 May 2011, 8:08
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ref new topic
On 9 May 2011 04:10, Stuart Biggs <smbiduk@???> wrote:
Hi
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>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?
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>The printer
>make is a canon
>model is PIXMA MG5250
>it is connected via a standard USB cable.
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>When I attempt to print I get no error messages suggesting
>any kind of failure at all.
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>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
If none of those work, try posting :
Output of dmesg after you plug it in?
Output of lsusb when plugged in?
Good luck.
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>Thanks in advance.
>
>Stuart Biggs
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