On 15-06-09 8:15 PM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > Have you used this printer with lpd before? > > Everything I find on Google says it only speaks a proprietary protocol > called bjnp. > > Which should be covered by the cups-backend-bjnp package. > > http://setdosa.blogspot.se/2009/02/setting-up-canon-pixma-mx850-on-ubuntu.html ...and what more, and this is very important, it did not ask me to select a driver. It automagically found and selected the right. I the link asked to select a particular driver; that wasn't an option presented.
Now, now, if I can only scan to the machine. That will be asking too much, I suppose, given Canon's retrogressive moves by not opening up their drivers. That's OK, printing is good enough. And as well, it's important to note that I did not touch CUPS. But I did use it to delete the printer it added, which never did work. Thanks again! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55781100.9080...@gmx.de
