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How can I locate a printer driver for Canon Pixma MP600 for Lucid 10.04?

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The Linux driver database for Canon printers excludes the PIXMA MP600. Is there a more recent library that includes this driver, or a near match?

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#1

Check these sites
http://mp610.blogspot.com/2007/11/setup-canon-pixma-mp600-or-mp610.html
http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100218002.html

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Chris (fabricator4) said : 		#2

Michael-Gruz has made a Launchpad repository with all of the Canon drivers. All you need to do is include the repository, and install the correct driver. In a terminal:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon
    sudo apt-get update

This will add the repository and index it, then:

sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp600series

will install the driver. You should then be able to make a new printer, and use the correct driver.

:-)

Chris

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apm (apm01) said : 		#3

On 07/10/11 18:10, Chris wrote:
> Your question #173376 on cups in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/173376
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Chris proposed the following answer:
> Michael-Gruz has made a Launchpad repository with all of the Canon
> drivers. All you need to do is include the repository, and install the
> correct driver. In a terminal:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon
> sudo apt-get update
>
> This will add the repository and index it, then:
>
> sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp600series
>
> will install the driver. You should then be able to make a new printer,
> and use the correct driver.
>
> :-)
>
> Chris
>
 Chris,

Thanks for your response - for some reason I get the error below, so, at
this stage I can't run sudo apt-get-update to install the correct
driver. I can print using the MP610 driver instead of the MP600 but the
result is of course not good enough.
Please advise as I am new to Linux [Lucid 10.04 using Gnome 2.30.2
Kernel: 2.6.32-33-generic]

Many thanks.

ubu@ubu-desktop:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring
--secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name
/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring
/etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv
84E550CD36EC35430A66AC5A03396E1C3F7B4A1D
gpg: requesting key 3F7B4A1D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect to host
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

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Best Chris (fabricator4) said : 		#4

There may have been a problem with the keyserver 'keyserver.ubuntu.com'. I've just pinged it and the host seems to be alive at the moment. Try it again and see if it works.

If it does not, open network tools and click on the ping tab, enter the address 'keyserver.ubuntu.com' and see if you get a response.

If it still doesn't work, then your firewall or proxy server may be preventing access to this server.

Chris

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apm (apm01) said : 		#5

Chris,

Firestarter [Firewall] was preventing access to the keyserver.
I have now managed to locate cnmp600.ppd and this seems to work fine for me.

Many thanks for all your replies.