Any luck with Canon iP2600 printer?

[marc]

eyore15 User said:

> On Sun, 24 May 2009 07:52:24 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone suggest how I could get my Canon Pixma iP2600 to work with
>> Ubuntu?
>> 
>> It's connected to a machine that will dual-boot to Vista Ultimate, and
>> there's no problem using it that way, but I'm getting tired of booting
>> Vista to use the printer.
>> 
>> If anyone here has gotten it to work with Ubuntu, I'd sure appreciate
>> some advice.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>>     Jerry in Bothell, WA
> 
> Canon does not really work and play well with Ubuntu.  I had a Pixima iP
> series printer and couldn't get it to work with 8.04, 8.10, or 9.04.
> Worked find with a pc, so I found a PC to pair it with and got an HP to
> use with Ubuntu.  The more technical people among us may have other
> info, but I couldn't find drivers from Canon for practically any of
> their printers to allow them to work in Ubuntu.  A guru of mine said
> that I should just stay away from Canon completely.  The HP stuff worked
> out of the box.  I suspect "buy a different printer" wasn't what you
> wanted to hear, so I'll defer now to the smart people who may have a
> real answer for you.  I'm just passing along my experience

FUD. I use a Pixma iP5300. The problem  I had was that samba had grabbed 
the printer, so CUPS couldn't get hold of it.

There are tons of Canon drivers provided with the Ubuntu installation.

And get yourself a new "guru".

-- 
Best,
Marc

"Change requires small steps."