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I am unable to get canon pixma mp630 to work with lucid

Asked by Ian Brownlie

 I have tried downloading drivers from europe, japan, you name it. After googling for literally days, non of the installation methods make any sense to me. I simply don't understand all the stuff about tar.gz rpm deb. I am 66 years old and a mere user, I ain't no it geek. If there is anyone out there who could break it down for me in baby steps, I would very much appreciate it. Otherwise all I've got is a boat anchor. By the way Canon could not have been more unhelpful, one even suggested I go back to windows.
      Hoping you can help a very frustrated old man. Ian

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

mkdir ~/canon; cd ~/canon; wget http://files.canon-europe.com/files/soft31301/software/MP630_debian_drivers.tar; tar xvf ./MP630_debian_drivers.tar; rm ./MP630_debian_drivers.tar; tar xvf ./MP630_debian_printer.tar; rm ./MP630_debian_printer.tar; sudo dpkg -i ./cnijfilter-common_3.00-1_i386.deb; rm ./cnijfilter-common_3.00-1_i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./cnijfilter-mp630series_3.00-1_i386.deb; rm ./cnijfilter-mp630series_3.00-1_i386.deb; tar xvf ./MP630_debian_scangear.tar; rm ./MP630_debian_scangear.tar; sudo dpkg -i ./scangearmp-common_1.20-1_i386.deb; rm ./scangearmp-common_1.20-1_i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./scangearmp-mp630series_1.20-1_i386.deb; rm ./scangearmp-mp630series_1.20-1_i386.deb

Basically it downloads the one file on the Canon site for Ubuntu. It then sequentially extracts the files and installs the debs therin. You must install the common deb before the other which is the actual app to make things work. The above command needs to be copied as ONE BIG COMMAND and pasted into a terminal. Should be ok.

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Ian Brownlie (ibrownlie) said : 		#2

  Thanks for your prompt reply. However, still nothing. Everything appeared to download and install ok. The computer still doesn't seem to see the printer. When I press print, absolutely nothing happens.
   Any ideas as to where from here?
        Thanks again for answering. Ian.

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Ian Brownlie (ibrownlie) said : 		#3

     As you were, after a reboot it's all working. Woohoo, thank you so much 'actionparsnip' you are a star. I just can't thank you enough. You guys at launchpad are are way past awesome, you are brilliant.
            Ian.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Yeah the Canon support is somewhat patchy for Linux and is ONLY 32bit. I think you lucked out here :D

Glad you got the gold.