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zolookas

Member

Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 44

Canon Pixma MP170 support maybe?

I've recentry got Canon Pixma MP170 (multifunctional drvice (2in1 scanner and printer)).
Anybody got this working on arch?
lshwd:

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 AGP Controller (nvidia)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 Memory Controller (unknown)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 Memory Controller (unknown)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 Memory Controller (unknown)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 Memory Controller (unknown)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 Memory Controller (unknown)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 LPC / Legacy / System Management (unknown)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 SMBus 2.0 Controller (i2c-nforce2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 USB 1.0 OHCI Controller (ohci_hcd)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 USB 1.0 OHCI Controller (ohci_hcd)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 USB 2.0 Enhanced Controller (ehci-hcd)
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 MCP Networking Adapter (forcedeth)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 Audio Codec Interface (snd-intel8x0)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 External PCI Bridge (unknown)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 UDMA 100/133 IDE Controller (amd74xx)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corp.|nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge (agpgart)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia|GeForce FX 5600 (vesa)
003:002 USB Human Interface Devices: Samsung Info. Systems America, Inc.|SyncMaster 757DFX HID Device (usbhid)
003:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
002:002 USB Human Interface Devices: P880 (usbhid)
002:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
001:004 USB Vendor Specific Class: MP170 (unknown)
001:001 USB Hub: Virtual|Hub (hub)
---:--- Mouse: Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse [/dev/psaux] (msintellips/2)

scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: Canon Pixma MP170 support maybe?

Since Canon does not care about Linux, there are only two chances:
1. Undigging something usable out of Canon's japanese FTP site (not too likely).
For the moment, nothing is in there:
ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/multipass/
2. Warm up the 29.95 euros in your pocket and hope the next Turboprint version will support the printer part of it (that's more likely).
As for the scanner part, things look bleak...
The hardcore solution: Install Vmware player (free), ask a friend of yours with a full VMware licence to create for you a windows (any supported, or any you have a licence for...) virtual machine, and use that one to print/scan with the Canon drivers for windows... I know it sounds absolutely ugly, but blame Canon for that.

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zolookas

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Registered: 2005-06-03

Posts: 44

Re: Canon Pixma MP170 support maybe?

I have Windows, but i just hate rebooting. Thanks for your answer, i think i will use windows for printing/scaning.