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Old 06-01-2012, 08:44 PM   #1
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printer


i have a canon pixma ip1600 printer i have setup hardware disk using linx mint 10 how do i get printer to work
 
Old 06-01-2012, 10:06 PM   #2
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Honestly you probably don't.
 
Old 06-01-2012, 10:17 PM   #3
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What esOteric is referring to is that Canon is not well-known for working and playing well with Linux.

The OpenPrinting database has no listing for that printer: http://www.openprinting.org/printers.

I checked the Canon website. They offer no drivers for Linux for that device. You may be able to get some kind of generic driver working, but I've never had to do that and am not qualified to offer advice on that topic.
 
  


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