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Old 05-27-2018, 08:29 AM   #1
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Unhappy Canon Pixma MG2550S compatibility


Although saw a video how to install in Ubuntu 16.04, before I buy this printer, will there no problems with e.g. driver ?
thanking in advance, if anyone can tell me how to get the right driver for this printer, would be very gratefull,
miramarcos

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Old 05-27-2018, 01:13 PM   #2
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Driver is available here as a source package which you will need to compile: https://www.driverpixma.com/2017/02/...2550s.html?m=1
 
Old 05-29-2018, 10:39 AM   #3
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Quote from a user's blog

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Finally, I should say that I do not recommend the PIXMA 2550/2555 for the Linux User. It has reliably handled intermittent light use, but the ink cartridges are rather expensive (I find), it is incredibly loud, it is very slow, and it does not interface well with Linux Mint.
from http://alittlebitoflinux.blogspot.co...50-making.html
 
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Old 06-02-2018, 03:03 AM   #4
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Although saw a video how to install in Ubuntu 16.04, before I buy this printer, will there no problems with e.g. driver ?
thanking in advance, if anyone can tell me how to get the right driver for this printer, would be very gratefull,
miramarcos
You should be able to find the driver on Canon support website.

I have a MG6650 and not had any problems on Linux mint,Centos and Fedora.

Dennis
 
Old 06-05-2018, 05:47 AM   #5
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printer compatibility ubuntu

Dear all,
Just want to know which printer Ill have to buy - preferably not expensive - and can install easily, not needing to compile packages etc.
thanks,
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Old 06-06-2018, 03:26 AM   #6
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Most printers are not expensive, it is the ink which is expensive and alot of them say the cartridge is empty when there is a third left.

You can get cheap refills, but sometimes lose on print quality.

Like in my first post Canon do supply drivers which do not need compiling.

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Old 06-07-2018, 10:34 AM   #7
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Dear Dennis2,
checked the driver downloads from Canon and think I ll buy a Pixma TS305, have another question maybe you can help me, when the printer is used with WiFi, do you still need to install the apropriate driver ?
thanks,
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Old 06-10-2018, 03:33 PM   #8
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Dear Dennis2,
checked the driver downloads from Canon and think I ll buy a Pixma TS305, have another question maybe you can help me, when the printer is used with WiFi, do you still need to install the apropriate driver ?
thanks,
miramarcos
Short answer Yes.

If you use a firewall please check that the needed ports are not blocked after you have run the driver software.

I have a MG 6650 printer using wireless, sorry I cannot confirm for scanner software as I never use this function.

Dennis
 
Old 06-10-2018, 04:24 PM   #9
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One thing to be aware of with network-attached devices like this. Those with no front panel for configuration often come with vendor-supplied Windows (and possibly Mac) software for the purpose of initial configuration on a wifi network. This means you'll need such an OS for this purpose at least. Once the device is on the wireless LAN (with a known IP address) it is generally a trivial task for configure CUPS to use it.
 
Old 06-13-2018, 02:37 AM   #10
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Most of the Canon printers do have a front panel which allows you to do numerous things without having a computer connected.

After using the package manager for the driver software of each distro, I just added a new printer.

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Old 06-13-2018, 06:19 PM   #11
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I had a quick glance online. This model does not seem to have such a front-panel for configuration.
 
Old 06-23-2018, 05:35 AM   #12
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driver install

Dear all, have downloaded the software source file cnijfilter2/source-5.50-tar.gz, can somebody inform me how to install that with terminal commands ? many thanks,
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Old 06-23-2018, 11:07 AM   #13
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Extract the tarball and read the read me is what I would suggest.
It should have the install and uninstall steps in there.
 
Old 06-25-2018, 06:32 AM   #14
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Dear rokytnji, in readme : how to build one printerdriver package $rpmbuild-tb cnijfilter-source etc., but what command in terminal do I have to type in ? sudo apt-get didnt work.
thanks for your help,
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Old 06-25-2018, 02:25 PM   #15
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rpm source build in Ubuntu which uses .deb makes no sense to me. Probably a communication error on my part. Are you sure there is no .deb package already built for this gear?

Edit: If displaying text files and folder contents are beyond the above users skill set. I cannot read minds. On folder contents and file contents. So flying blind. I gotta go.

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