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MrAsh84

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Registered: 2011-05-05

Posts: 3

Trouble Installing Canon Pixma MP180

I can't figure out how to install the above printer/scanner.

The scanner works fine, but i can't figure out the printer side.

I have followed the Cups Wiki and installed all the drivers listed as recommended.

I have also blacklisted 'usblp' as recommended using Cups 1.4.x

lsusb shows :

[root@Ash PC 001]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:00cb Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 045e:0750 Microsoft Corp. Wired Keyboard 600
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04a9:1715 Canon, Inc. MP180 Storage

tail /var/log/messages.log shows

May  5 21:54:13 Ash PC kernel: [ 1466.043199] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
May  5 21:54:13 Ash PC kernel: [ 1466.169489] scsi5 : usb-storage 1-2:1.2
May  5 21:54:13 Ash PC load-modules.sh: Not loading module 'usblp' for alias 'usb:v04A9p1715d0103dc00dsc00dp00ic07isc01ip02' because it is blacklisted
May  5 21:54:14 Ash PC kernel: [ 1467.167892] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Canon    MP180Storage     0103 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
May  5 21:54:14 Ash PC kernel: [ 1467.168145] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
May  5 21:54:14 Ash PC kernel: [ 1467.171397] sd 5:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

ls -l /dev/bus/usb/001/005 shows

[root@Ash PC 001]# ls -l /dev/bus/usb/001/005
crw-rw-r--+ 1 root scanner 189, 4 May  5 21:54 /dev/bus/usb/001/005

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank You.

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

Posts: 1,924

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Re: Trouble Installing Canon Pixma MP180

Look at the Canon homepage, what driver is needed for you printer and then search for "cnijfilter" on the AUR. I'm positive you will find the suitable driver.

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MrAsh84

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Registered: 2011-05-05

Posts: 3

Re: Trouble Installing Canon Pixma MP180

Thank You for your reply.

I have looked at the Canon website, they only list drivers for Windows and Mac OS X. Moving on to the AUR i can see several Canon printer drivers when i search for 'cnijfilter' but none are for my model.

This printer worked fine on a Linux Mint install, i wonder if there is a way of finding out what driver was used in that distribution? ,

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

Posts: 1,924

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Re: Trouble Installing Canon Pixma MP180

Can you find out what driver was used in Mint?

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zʇıɹɟʇıɹʞsuɐs AUR || Cycling in Budapest with a helmet camera || Revised log levels proposal: "FYI" "WTF" and "OMG" (John Barnette)

MrAsh84

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Registered: 2011-05-05

Posts: 3

Re: Trouble Installing Canon Pixma MP180

Ok i found the driver name i need. 'bjc-MULTIPASS-MP180'

It is in the supported printers list on the Gutenprint website. I have made sure i have the latest version installed on my computer, so i should already have the drivers on my computer?

I opened up CUPS and logged in as root but i still don't have an option to add a USB printer.