Canon PIXMA MX860 and Ubuntu 11.10
When I upgraded the laptop to Ubuntu 11.10, the Canon inkjet quit working. I tried reinstalling the drivers, but it refused (even with --force-architecture). I tried (for a few hours) building the drivers, but it was just one thing after another.
Eventually, I found this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mx860series
sudo apt-get install scangearmp-mx860series
Good news is, it prints again. Bad news, no landscape or double-sided printing.
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Yes there is no double-sided printing. I havent used the printer for long time on 11.04, but was that an option in earlier version. IIRC it was ...
ReplyDeleteYeah I had double-sided landscape until I upgraded to 11.10. I'm seriously starting to think I might try Mint instead.
ReplyDeleteThanks a TON -- I have been wrestling with this for weeks. I appreciate the instructions
ReplyDeleteGlad it helped.
ReplyDeleteMy results so far:
printing works - but sometimes oddly (like portrait and cut off instead of landscape)
scanner is not recognized (I'm trying to do it over wifi)