rpm packages and drivers for Canon printer Pixma MG2550

[Van_Vinkle]

Are rpm packages good for Salix/Slackware systems?

My wife (her netbook has Salix 14.1 Mate installed) has bought a new printer, a Canon Pixma MG2550. The Linux driver provided by Canon is, according to its web, for Fedora installations. I've downloaded it, decompressed, and I can see, beside a script named install.sh, four rpm packages (two for i386 and two for x86_64), in addition to a few language files.

Can she run this install.sh?

[DidierSpaier]

Been there, done this:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ost5204872
This is not the same model, but you get the idea.

Didier

[Van_Vinkle]

Thanks, Didier, for your answer.

Unfortunately, it does not work. As a first step, I tried to install cnijfilter packages, I've converted and installed both without problems, I had checked if the packages are installed (they are), installed pangox-compat with Sourcery and checked also if the usb connection was fine (it was). But starting cups, the things go bad: inside cups it was not possible to find the printer; despite this, I've added manually the printer and, as said, it does not work

And now I don't know how follow the installation. And after that it will come the installation of the scanner, but it will be in the future...

[DidierSpaier]

Just in case, maybe you downloaded the drivers for the MG3550, not the MG2550?
For the MG2550 they are here:
https://www.canon-europe.com/support/co ... N&os=LINUX

[Van_Vinkle]

No, the drivers were for 2500 series. And I restarted cups before to try the installation.

[DidierSpaier]

Then to check that your printer is seen by the usb sub-system, plug it in and switch it on then after a few seconds type in a terminal:

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sudo dmesg|tail

Here is what I get for instance:

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[ 4882.328949] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[ 4882.417493] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=176e
[ 4882.417502] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 4882.417507] usb 1-1.2: Product: MG3500 series
[ 4882.417510] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Canon
[ 4882.417514] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 5027BC

[Van_Vinkle]

I'm afraid there is not a problem of usb connection:

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$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04a9:176d Canon, Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b084 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

and:

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# dmesg|tail
[ 7526.368398] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 7526.368591] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 7526.452490] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 7526.452663] atl1c 0000:03:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 8016.908185] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
[ 8017.030924] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=176d
[ 8017.030944] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 8017.030958] usb 1-1: Product: MG2500 series
[ 8017.030969] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Canon
[ 8017.030980] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: B2BD71

[Atip]

I had that problem not so liong ago with Slackel that my cannon printer
was not listed and therefore not found by cups.

It was solved when Djemos added a file then all the myriads of Canon printers
were listed. You can find it in http://www.slackel.gr/forum/.

[Van_Vinkle]

Thanks, Atip, the installation of Djemos' cnijfilter-common-3.60-i386-1.txz package has (partially) solved this problem. Now, the printer runs, but only in black, not in color (because this I say "partially"). Besides, I installed manually the newest gutenprint package (5.2.11) which is, according to developers, "experimental" for Canon Pixma MG2550.

This weekend I will try to get the color printing. And then achieve the scanner running. I will not be boring

And, of course, big thanks to Djemos.