MP280 Canon

[gordie]

I'm trying to install this printer to Mageia 2 gnome 64 bit but having troubles I had it hooked up to ubuntu and got it to print but no scanner this is a Canon MP280 all in one

[doktor5000]

What troubles do you have, anything specific? And how did you try to set it up?
You may want to look at viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2800

[gordie]

I went to printer setup in the application and it didn't see it and went to the europe site for canon and downloaded and attracted the files but maybe I did something wrong sorry about the I really like distro still learning

[doktor5000]

Did you have a look at the link i posted, and the instructions for setting up the printer?

[gordie]

which link

[doktor5000]

You may want to look at viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2800

[benmc]

hi gordie

I have recently updated to m2-64, but with kde, but i do have that pesky canon mp-280.

this is what i had to do to get printer to work.
download drivers from canon website if you havent already done so, cnijfilter-mp280series-3.40-1-rpm. extract the files.
install canon files using software installer.
run the printer setup in MCC.
when install completed, a popup warned that file: pstocanonij, is missing . this file is found in cnijfilter-common-3.40-1.x86_64 but for me did not get installed.
carefully note where this file is missing from. for me it was root/usr/lib/cups/filter.
extract the file from cnijfilter-common-3.40-1.x86_64 [ i use ark in kde ] and save in a convenient place. copy the file : pstocanonij to the clip-board
access the file at the address that you noted earlier. you may need to become root to do this. paste the pstocanonij file here.

check to see that printer works.

some nous is needed to get the scanner to work.

cheers

[David_Batson]

I have used ScanGear MP successfully with Canon Multifunction Printer scanners. Install the scangearmp rpm file, then run scangearmp from konsole (aka terminal) [scangearmp may have to run as root, I don't recall for sure]. By typing scangearmp in konsole and pressing Enter, this brings up the scanner GUI interface for scanning.

Drivers here:
http://support-au.canon.com.au/P/search ... g_os=Linux

[benmc]

running scangearmp as root has the result that the saved image can only be accessed as root, as for the normal user access is denied. The permissions tab has to be changed for the image file.
I don't know Gordie's level of experience, so do you know of a way to change the permissions of the image file before saving, or an easy way after, so that it can be accessed by the normal user later ?

thanks in advance.

[David_Batson]

Try editing libsane rules as per the following:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2016#p19474

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=76930

[benmc]

Thanks David

Have attemped editing the etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules again but no improvement.

I dont know if this is of any help in pointing the way forward but in M2A1 the printer and scanner were found and configured correctly after downloading and installing the canon files. Scanning into Gimp worked as expected.
With M2 official [ and M2-64 ] the printer operates correctly but the scanner will work only from root konsole [ scangearmp ] but after about a page of text errors starting with cannot load "canberra-gtk-module" it will load the gui.

Have just tried M3A2-64 and the printer and scanner both are found and configured correctly after downloading and installing the canon files, same as M2A1. However, the file:etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules doesn't exist.

[David_Batson]

I don't have my Canon MFP at my present location, but looking in Mageia, I have the following in /etc/udev/rules.d/80-canon_mfp.rules
I currently don't have any 60-libsane.rules file. Not really sure if my scanner is working as a regular user now or not. Still might have to add the 60-libsane.rules file. Note that you may have to logout/login or reboot for the udev rules to take effect.

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# 80-canon_mfp.rules

ACTION!="add", GOTO="canon_mfp_end"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GOTO="canon_mfp_start"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", GOTO="canon_mfp_start"
GOTO="canon_mfp_end"

LABEL="canon_mfp_start"
# Canon MP160
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1714", MODE="666"
# Canon MP510
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1717", MODE="666"
# Canon MP600
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1718", MODE="666"

# Canon MP140 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="172b", MODE="666"
# Canon MP210 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1721", MODE="666"
# Canon MP520 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1724", MODE="666"
# Canon MP610 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1725", MODE="666"

#MP190 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1734", MODE="666"
#MP240 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1732", MODE="666"
#MP540 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1730", MODE="666"
#MP630 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="172e", MODE="666"

#MX320 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1736", MODE="666"
#MX330 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1737", MODE="666"
#MX860 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1735", MODE="666"

#MP250 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="173a", MODE="666"
#MP270 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="173b", MODE="666"
#MP490 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="173c", MODE="666"
#MP550 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="173d", MODE="666"
#MP560 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="173e", MODE="666"
#MP640 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="173f", MODE="666"

#MX340 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1741", MODE="666"
#MX350 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1742", MODE="666"
#MX870 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1743", MODE="666"

#MP280 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1746", MODE="666"
#MP495 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1747", MODE="666"
#MG5100 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1748", MODE="666"
#MG5200 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="1749", MODE="666"
#MG6100 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="174a", MODE="666"
#MG8100 series
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04a9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="174b", MODE="666"

LABEL="canon_mfp_end"