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how do you enable/install a Canon PIXMA MP 280. Have the installtion disc..

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Canon PIXMA MP 280 will not autorun. Found instructions for Brothers and HP but not for Canon. Please help.

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ahambidge (ahambidge) said : 		#1

Hello,

Canon are not overly friendly to Linux. The disc you have will almost certainly be for Windows.

You would be better off with another make.

Regards,

Allan :)

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Here are the Canon PIXMA MP280 printer drivers that have been validated and tested for Ubuntu 10.04. They should also work on newer versions.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1582497

http://support-nz.canon.co.nz/contents/NZ/EN/0100301402.html

Try the following instructions to get the scanner functionality working:

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1432929

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