Canon pixma printer drivers

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mikeb
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#46 Post by mikeb »

6. When asked for a printer driver, select Generic as the manufacturer and MS Publisher Imagesetter as the driver. In truth, any generic PostScript driver will do, but this works as well as any.
Bummer I tried that one but no go...sends jobs but no print and no errors..probably related to option settings so I will play again...using IP4600...in theory the postscript gets converted at the cups side just like an lp job.

Well glad you got it running......easy once you find the way :D ...it's finding that way which is the challenge.
I solved a 2 day WPA2 problem which was fixed by removing one line in a config file.......ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...ooo but I learnt loads :)

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#47 Post by Wheres One »

@Patriot

It seems that the driver for the ip3300 series has been removed; would you mind reloading it? Sorry to have to bother you.

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#48 Post by Patriot »

Hmmm .....
Wheres One wrote:It seems that the driver for the ip3300 series has been removed; would you mind reloading it? .....
Ok, done ..... all links are updated and working as of today ...

I had net disruption for a week. Had to re-cable some stuffs and rebuild-n-refine a few net drivers ... Should be okay now .....


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#49 Post by Wheres One »

Thanks for getting that fixed quickly. :D

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#50 Post by mikeb »

Patriot keeps the puppy cogs well oiled :)

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#51 Post by swiatmar »

Hello!!
I am looking for canon pixma 3000 drivers :(
Can I use the drivers from model 3300?

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#52 Post by rcrsn51 »

None of the Canon sites list a Linux driver for the Pixma ip3000. Have you tried the ip3300 driver?

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#53 Post by swiatmar »

Okey!!
I found the solution
For ip3000 I am using gutenprint v.5.2.3 and works fine:)

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MP170

#54 Post by Bluebris »

Any chance of a driver for MP170 printer/scanner?

I'm on Puppy 4.3.1 and i need help as i'm very much a noob...

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#55 Post by rcrsn51 »

Puppy 4.3.1 already has a driver for this printer as part of the Gutenprint package. What installation procedures have you tried?

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#56 Post by Bluebris »

rcrsn51 wrote:Puppy 4.3.1 already has a driver for this printer as part of the Gutenprint package. What installation procedures have you tried?

I didn't realise it was on there.
Tried to install it though, and i get an error saying

configure: error: in 'gutenprint-5.2.5':
configure: error: no acceptable c compiler found in $PATH


Any ideas?

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#57 Post by rcrsn51 »

Puppy already has Gutenprint installed. Just run the Puppy Printer Wizard from the Setup menu.

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#58 Post by Bluebris »

rcrsn51 wrote:Puppy already has Gutenprint installed. Just run the Puppy Printer Wizard from the Setup menu.

Ah, i didn't know that!
I went through that Wizard, then it says "your printer is installed" but the test page does nothing.... Tried it in another application though and it printed fine. Thank you so much!

Just need to work out how to use it for scanning now....

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#59 Post by rcrsn51 »

Bluebris wrote:Just need to work out how to use it for scanning now....
Read here and get the mp150_sane-0.14.1.pet. It claims to support your MP170 scanner.

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#60 Post by Bluebris »

rcrsn51 wrote:
Bluebris wrote:Just need to work out how to use it for scanning now....
Read here and get the mp150_sane-0.14.1.pet. It claims to support your MP170 scanner.
Thanks again.
Actually i already tried that though, didn't work. Don't have the computer here to check the error message, but it was something about libusb speed or it being slow, and I/O Error input error.

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#61 Post by jockjunior »

Patriot, thank you the drivers for the MP250 much appreciated. My wife bought me this printer scanner as a suprise and I thought I was going to have a problem finding drivers and installing it. Pheww didnt have to tell her she would have to exchange it. Once again thanks a million.

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ps xsane recognises it but scangear doesn't (not a problem)

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failed in installing mp170

#62 Post by mpierrat25 »

help

I'm trying to install mp170 cannon printer

Cups return the following msg :

Admin

Erreur:

server-error-internal-error


Puppy 4.31 / CUPS V1.1.23

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#63 Post by rcrsn51 »

At what exact step do you get this error message?

Have you made any changes to the file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf?

I did a test install of this printer in Puppy 4.3.1 using the Gutenprint driver for the MP170 and it worked.

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mp170

#64 Post by mpierrat25 »

@ rcrsn51

I got the error after choosing the driver.

However I did upgrade Cups to 1.3.11 and use gutenprint : seems to works ( no printer to check at the moment).

so no idea if its because CUPS or/and Gutenprint

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#65 Post by rcrsn51 »

I'm not sure what you are doing.

I started with a frugal install of Puppy 4.3.1 and did an upgrade to CUPS 1.3.11 from here.. If I then try to install a printer, there are no Gutenprint drivers available.

I then install the newer Gutenprint package as described here.. Now I have a driver for your MP170 and it installs correctly.

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