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orlfman

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Registered: 2007-11-20

Posts: 141

Linux and printing..

Hey all!

I have a Canon MP250, and its been a really awesome printer. Sadly though, its only awesome on my Macbook Pro, and not Linux. I can't get this printer to work at all in Linux. Canon made drivers for it back in 2009, but they are only hosting them on Europe and Asia sites, not US, and plus, they are for i386, 32bit linux, not 64bit.

I really don't want to get a new printer, since my Canon MP250 still works great and has cheap ink, but having to get out my aging Macbook Pro thats overheating and slowly dying to print isn't fun anymore. So, I am seeking a new printer under $60 that works well in Linux and still is currently being sold.

Thanks for any help!

olive

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-06-22

Posts: 1,490

Re: Linux and printing..

Hey all!

I have a Canon MP250, and its been a really awesome printer. Sadly though, its only awesome on my Macbook Pro, and not Linux. I can't get this printer to work at all in Linux.
Canon made drivers for it back in 2009, but they are only hosting them on Europe and Asia sites, not US, and plus, they are for i386, 32bit linux, not 64bit.

I do not see why the fact that the drivers are only available in Europe or Asia should prevent you from using them.

I really don't want to get a new printer, since my Canon MP250 still works great and has cheap ink, but having to get out my aging Macbook Pro thats overheating and slowly dying to print isn't fun anymore. So, I am seeking a new printer under $60 that works well in Linux and still is currently being sold.

Thanks for any help!

I have a Canon MP270 which should be completely compatible with your MP250. It works fine using cnijfilter-mp250 available from the AUR (this is a repackaging of the CAnon driver) using this ppd file: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= … stcount=30 and having recompiled cups with the --disable-libusb option

I am on a 32 bits linux. For 64 bits, you should install compatibility libraries (I have not tested this driver on 64 bits linux).

brisbin33

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From: boston, ma

Registered: 2008-07-24

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Re: Linux and printing..

//blue/0/~/ aurget -Ss mp250
aur/cnijfilter-mp250 3.20-1
    Canon IJ Printer Driver (MP250 series)

have you tried this? you might have to enabled [multilib].  i used the MP620 driver and it works fine.

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orlfman

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Registered: 2007-11-20

Posts: 141

Re: Linux and printing..

//blue/0/~/ aurget -Ss mp250
aur/cnijfilter-mp250 3.20-1
    Canon IJ Printer Driver (MP250 series)

have you tried this? you might have to enabled [multilib].  i used the MP620 driver and it works fine.

I saw it got updated to the newer 3.40 which provided a 64 bit driver. I installed it and now my printer works. Thanks :]