On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:28 AM, David <bouncingc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Did you do any internet search before asking here? I searched "Canon Pixma > MX870 linux" and found these links: > > http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100272302.html > https://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php/product/4447 > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143349 > > Reading those it looks like a specific printer driver must be installed > before CUPS setup. Not every printer needs that, so perhaps that is why it > is not mentioned in the wiki page you read. >
Thanks for the reply David. The first link in your reply http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100272302.html provides links to download the drivers. However, according to http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/printers_multifunction/pixma_mx_series/pixma_mx870#DriversAndSoftware , this printer does not need any driver for Linux or it may have already been included in the OS. Anyway, through trial and error, I was able to set up the printer without downloading any special drivers. The trick is to use "LPD/LPR Host or Printer" option while setting up the printer. I thought others might benefit from my experience and provided step by step instructions at http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/2014/06/setting-up-canon-pixma-mx870-printer-on.html . thanks -- Kamaraju S. Kusumanchi http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/
