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canon mp280 printer

Asked by Ron Henner

I have just started using 11.10 and attempted to install my Canon MP280 printer. The driver is shown in the list of available printers but when installed the driver fails to work correctly. As the print job is spooling the digits in the printer led status window roll as expected and then the process stops.

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Ron Henner (ron-henner) said : 		#1

I'm sorry I've logged this against Brasero. If anyone can help nay way would be most grateful.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Ron Henner (ron-henner) said : 		#3

ron@ron-desktop:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
Linux ron-desktop 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
ron@ron-desktop:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Consumer_Products/products/Fax__Multifunctionals/InkJet/PIXMA_MP_series/MP280.aspx?type=download&page=1

Has linux drivers for the scanner and the printer.....

Did you check the Canon site for support?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Grab the linux printer driver file and put it in your Downloads folder and you can run:

sudo ap-get -y install unp
cd Downloads
unp ./MP280series_printer_driver.tar
unp ./cnijfilter-mp280series-3.40-1-deb.tar.gz
cd cnijfilter-mp280series-3.40-1-deb/packages
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-common_3.40-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-mp280series_3.40-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

You now have the printer driver installed.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

For the scanner, download the scanner driver from the link to the Dowloads folder and run:

cd Downloads/
unp ./MP280series_scanner_driver.tar
unp ./scangearmp-mp280series-1.60-1-deb.tar.gz
cd scangearmp-mp280series-1.60-1-deb/packages
sudo dpkg -i scangearmp-common_1.60-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i scangearmp-mp280series_1.60-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

You now have the scanner installed.

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Ron Henner (ron-henner) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Ron Henner (ron-henner) said : 		#8

Many thanks, problems solved.

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chlodewig (chlodewig) said : 		#9

Many thanks, I'm upgrading to 11.10 with the same problem. And now the problem solved.