Hi,

I just got rid of Windows from my laptop and installed Ubuntu 13.10 on my machine. I am trying to configure my network printer (connected on a wireless LAN) to print from the Ubuntu machine.

I have downloaded and installed the driver for the MX710 and could go as far as giving a Test Print from my machine (my computer now shows the MX710 printer on the list of printers) but the printed page does not come out of the printer.

The printer also does not recognize my Ubuntu machine (the printer has a small display console from where one could see the machines "visible" to the printer.

Any clues to how I can get the printer to function would be most thankfully welcome.

Vasu

Are you printing via CUPS (ipp) or SAMBA (smb)?

If CUPS (preferred) then open your web browser to the admin page http://localhost:631/admin, login as root and check the printer status. It should also show what error occurred on the last print attempt. Post the error if you can't figure out how to fix it.

Fair warning: I have a Canon PIXMA all-in-one, connected it to a Windows machine and shared the queue rather than try to figure out how to limp along with limited functionality. The problem with trying to print directly from Linux is you don't get the pop-up ads trying to sell you more ink

Hello Smallpond, thanks for the hint. I did what you have suggested and I could only see "cannot specify model number" as the common thread among all the error messages.

Furthermore, I am not able to figure out how to find the IP address of the printer from the DHCP utility.

I also have a Windows laptop also connected to the same WLAN. So, if there are any Windows commands that can be used to figure out the IP address of the printer, then I can at least provide the IP address of the printer to see how to connect the printer and the Ubuntu machine over the LAN.

Thanks once again


Vasu