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

[NoOp]

On 05/29/2010 07:56 PM, Kurtus H wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I tried the link below and it did not give any error messages so I
> believe that it installed the driver correctly, but when it finished
> installing it gives the following message:
> 
> The printer registration has not been completed. Register the printer
> manually by using the lpadmin command.
> 
> I looked at the options for this and tried some, but I do not know
> what option to use to register the printer and if I need to reference
> a specific name or not.
> 
> Thanks for the help.  I think it is almost fully installed.
> 
> Kurtus

Please bottom post on this list (meaning put your response at the bottom
of the quote.

Try this instead:

1. Open nautilus (Place|Home) and navigate to where you saved
cnijfilter-mx870series-3.30-1-i386-deb.tar.gz
2. Right click on cnijfilter-mx870series-3.30-1-i386-deb.tar.gz and
select 'Extract here'. That will create a new folder:
/mx870/cnijfilter-mx870series-3.30-1-i386-deb
click into that folder and then the subfolder:
/mx870/cnijfilter-mx870series-3.30-1-i386-deb/packages
3. Double-click on cnijfilter-common_3.30-1_i386.deb
and install.
4. Double-click on cnijfilter-mx870series_3.30-1_i386.deb
and install.

That's it. You will now get a MX870 in the selections for Canon in
System|Administration|Printers when you add a new printer.

And yes... I just tested on my 32bit system - works. Haven't tested on a
64bit.

I still *highly* recommend that you try turboprint - fully functional
for 30 days, so if you don't want to purchase you don't have to.
...