PIXMA is a series of printers manufactured by Canon. This tag is for questions relating to installing or troubleshooting this brand of printers with Ubuntu.
Questions tagged [pixma]
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Scanner Not detected by Simple Scan
I have Canon Pixma G3012 All-in-One Wireless Ink Tank Colour Printer
I am trying to scan a document from my Linux Ubuntu 18 installed PC using simple scan software.
Connected the device into PC over USB and powered on. Opened simple scan software…
mth
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How to setup Canon InkJet Pixma IP 1300?
I am unable to setup Canon InkJet Pixma IP 1300 on Quantal AMD64. The things I have tried:
Shut down and disconnect the printer before installing packages.
Added the ppa:michael-gruz/canon repository to synaptic and installed the…
Severus
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Canon Printer "Does not accept Jobs" on Ubuntu 18.04
My printer is Canon Pixma MX922. Its on my home wifi, and other Macbook computers on the network can access it. However, I can't print to it from my new Ubuntu 18.04 computer.
The printer is automatically detected by the OS, but it shows "Does not…
Waleed Abdulla
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How to install Canon Pixma MG3600?
How do I install the driver for a Canon Pixma MG3600 on Ubuntu 32-bit?
L. Vivier
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Is the scanner Canon Pixma MG2450 working in Ubuntu?
The Canon Pixma MG2450 printer has an integrated scanner that should work with a tool like Simple Scan (or xsane or Skanlite).
There are two sets of drivers (provided by Canon as deb files): two drivers for the printer (cnijfilter-commonand…
user47206
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How to install Canon Pixma E400 on Ubuntu 14.10?
Fair warning: I am a complete noob to Linux and Ubuntu.
I have been trying to install the Canon Pixma E400 printer but have not succeeded so far.
I tried:
locating the driver through the built-in Printer Settings option, but there wasn't any…
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Canon (MG 5350) scangear doesn't appear in dash
I recently downloaded the Ubuntu scangear driver from their website for my canon pixma MG5350 3 in one printer. I downloaded the debian package and installed it trough the terminal, however I can't seem to find the app himself.
I searched for it…
Michael
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I can't see my ink levels for my canon pixma ip2702 printer
I have a canon pixma ip2702 inkjet printer, and cups doesn't show my ink levels, inkblot is
no longer available on the interwebs and mtink doesn’t seem to support my printer, I’ve
checked my printer's website and none of the drivers support Linux…
user101536
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How do I get a Canon Pixma MG 3150 working?
I've got the new Canon Pixma MG 3150 and so far, I can't seem to find a driver anywhere. I do have the CD for both Windows and Mac, but this doesn't help me, as I have Ubuntu 11.10. I'd prefer to have it running on the wifi.
I'm really new to this,…
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How do I get a Canon PIXMA MX350 working on 64 bit?
Anybody successful on installing this printer on amd64 please?
Canon supplies 32bit drivers -- as *.deb and also as source: http://www.canon.com.au/en-au/For-You/Printers/PIXMA-InkJet-Printers/MX350 Current compilation failed ... Trying to install…
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Canon MP600 USB-connected Scanner is not recognized by sane-find-scanner
I have a Canon Pixma MP600, which is supported by xsane with pixma backend.
I have Xubuntu 12.04, this is the result of sudo sane-find-scanner -v command:
searching for USB scanners:
checking /dev/usb/scanner... failed to open (Invalid…
lrichard
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How to print more than 600dpi with CUPS
My printer (Canon Pixma IP5200R) is capable of printing up to 9.600 x 2.400 dpi. However in 10.04 CUPS with Gutenberg installed lets me choose not more than 600 dpi in the settings. Is there a way using only open source to improve print quality? I…
Takkat
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Printer Canon Pixma MX925 on 16.04
I have a "Canon Pixma MX925" printer and run Ubuntu 16.04 on my computer.
How can I install and use this printer?
Alfred1948
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Printer driver for Canon MX452
Does anyone know how I can get my Canon Pixma MX452 running on Ubuntu 13.04, either via USB or 802.11? I tried to install in 13.04 via USB, but it used a generic text-only driver which didn't work at all. No scanner functionality either.
Thanks in…
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How to setup Canon Pixma MG2120 Scan and Print
I looked a few places for this and did not find a real solution. I found a duplicate ticket which was unanswered regarding the scanner and many incorrect threads in various forums stating the scanner can't work. I bought mine today, and it is now…
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