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Canon is well known for their large printer selection. Unfortunately Can

point, only provided printer drivers for Windows and Mac computers. C
some printer drivers for linux, but the majority of Canon printer owners

About a year ago my dad bought a new computer at Fry's electronics s

the computer came a free Canon ip2600 printer. It was difficult to say th
printer working in Ubuntu 10.10. Luckily Canon provided 32 bit drivers
then someone converted this to work on 64 bit systems as well.

Ubuntu 11.10 DOES see and attempt to install the Canon printer of min

print a domcument does nothing. Thankfully, there is now a PPA availa

commonly used Canon printers.

To install these Canon printer driver for Ubuntu you need to add the PP

Ubuntu system. Open a "terminal" window and copy and paste these c

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After the Canon printer driver is installed, connect the Canon printer to
turn it on. Your printer will automatically be detected by the system.
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4 years ago

If you using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

after "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon"
Please change your Software Sources (Update Manager > Setting
On Tab "Other Software"
Edit PPA /michael-gruz/canon/ubuntu
main and main (Source Code)
Change Distribution from "precise" to "oneiric"
After than, you can "sudo apt-get update"
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Marcy > Aditya Mahisa

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I tryed this, now I can send jobs but the printer dont start to
Printer state: "Idle - Sending data to printer."
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MC > Aditya Mahisa

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Thanks for the reply. I actually did that step. Could it be cup
somehow conflicting?
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Great! It works!
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Sergiy Savruk > Aditya Mahisa

Thanks a lot!
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paul

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What did I do wrong?

E: Unable to locate package cnijfilter-mx860series

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