How do I get my MX870 Canon Printer to work with ubuntu?

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 23:46 +0000, Kurtus H wrote:
> I found where to download the file- waaay at the bottom and I had not
> tried this before. 
> Then I downloaded the Linux driver and exploded the archive, but it
> does not seem to install.  It gave two option to install "Run in
> terminal" and "Run".  I tried both and then tried printing from open
> office, but it did not work.  What do I need to do to get it to work?
> I tried deleting the default driver that was given to this printer and
> let it re-detect, but I do not know where or how to find the
> "installed" driver- if it was installed.

Sorry Kurtus, I don't know. I don't have an MX870, I just found that
link and it looked likely.

However, it looks like what you have to run is the "install.sh" file. I
do not know exactly what this does, and it says on the web page that it
is for Fedora or SuSE 11 (i.e., not Ubuntu), so make sure you have a
backup before you do anything.

To run the install file, unpack the archive somewhere, CD to the
directory containing the extracted files, and run (as root or using
sudo) "./install.sh".

I have NOT tried this and do NOT know if it will work. Backup first, or
run the thing in a VM to test it. After the smoke clears, let us know
how it went.

Regards, K.

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