Any luck with Canon iP2600 printer?

[John Heinen]

NoOp wrote:
> On 05/25/2009 06:40 AM, Derek Broughton wrote:
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>> NoOp wrote:
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>>> On 05/24/2009 06:25 PM, eyore15 User wrote:
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>>>> On Sun, 24 May 2009 07:52:24 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
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>>>>> Can anyone suggest how I could get my Canon Pixma iP2600 to work with
>>>>> Ubuntu?
>>>>>
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>>>> 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. 
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>>> Nonsense. I use a Canon MP750 and it works just fine.
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>> Not really "nonsense".  Canon's postscript printers, and maybe some others, 
>> should work, but Canon Pixma's are useless.  So _some_ Canon's will play 
>> well with Ubuntu.
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>
> My MP750 is a 'Pixma'.
>
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>>> However, I will
>>> admit that the free drivers sometimes create issues so I use Turboprint
>>> for the added features, quality, and updates. BTW: HP printers do *not*
>>> always just work out of the box... I've had to download and install
>>> direct HP drivers for multiple customers HP printers in the recent past.
>>>       
>> Perhaps not always out of the box, but at least the drivers are available.
>>     
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> They are available for this printer:
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> <http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/P/search?model=PIXMA+iP2680&filter=0&menu=>
> <http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/P/search?model=PIXMA+iP2680&menu=download&filter=0&ca_os=Linux>
> Deb and rpm's.
>
> Driver guides for linux are also provided... so for some printers Canon
> seems to be getting it's act together:
>
> <http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/P/search?model=PIXMA+iP2680&filter=0&menu=manual>
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>> My experience is that some Pixma's can be made to work, but it's hit-and-
>> miss, and even models that _should_ work often don't.
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> Not sure what trouble you've encountered... perhaps I've just been
> lucky. However, as mentioned previously, the free drivers haven't always
> worked as well as I'd like (label alignment is my biggest problem), so I
> use a commercial driver from Turboprint instead:
>
> http://www.turboprint.info/printers.html
> http://www.turboprint.info/printers_Canon.html
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> Note to Jerry: Turboprint drivers just (IMO) rock. For me they have been
> well worth the money. Driver for your printer is here:
> <http://www.zedonet.com/en_p_turboprint_driver.phtml?printer=Canon_PIXMA_iP2600>
> You can download and test w/full features & functions for 30 days:
> http://www.turboprint.info/faq.html
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I downloaded it happely, how do I install it, ubuntu 8.10 Thanks for the
above and forthcoming info John