On 9 May 2011 04:10, Stuart Biggs <smbi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > I am running ubuntu 11.10 and having great difficulty with my printer, > I can get ubuntu to see and recognise it but actually getting it to > print is a different topic all together. >
11.10? Wow, can I have a ride in your tardis please? Failing that can you please tell me next week's euromillions winning numbers? > > The printer > make is a canon > model is PIXMA MG5250 > it is connected via a standard USB cable. > > When I attempt to print I get no error messages suggesting > any kind of failure at all. > > So I would appreciate any kind of help/input > that any one can come up with regarding this. > It's not listed in the linux foundation's supported printer list, which is always a good place to look before buying a printer: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting However, there appears to be a proprietary Canon driver .deb package for Ubuntu 10.04 here, which may work for you: http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100301702.html You do have to scroll down a l o n g way to get to the download link. or there is a tarball here: http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010889.asp <http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100301702.html>If none of those work, try posting : Output of dmesg after you plug it in? Output of lsusb when plugged in? Good luck. > Thanks in advance. > > Stuart Biggs > > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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