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17 December 2011

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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5 comments:

  1. pushkar.0012/25/2011 2:38 AM

    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 ...

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  2. Malachi de AElfweald12/25/2011 3:56 PM

    Yeah I had double-sided landscape until I upgraded to 11.10. I'm seriously starting to think I might try Mint instead.

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  3. Anonymous1/26/2012 3:33 PM

    Thanks a TON -- I have been wrestling with this for weeks. I appreciate the instructions

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  4. Malachi de AElfweald1/26/2012 4:25 PM

    Glad it helped.

    My 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)

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