Canon Pixma IP4200 only prints 80% of the time
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:14 pm
I have TurboPrint 2.26 & Canon Pixma IP4200. The printer only works about 80% of the time. When it's not working, the power LED on the printer flashes but nothing prints out. The TurboPrint Monitor would show something like "10% complete." Cancel & resend print job will not work. The printer would stuck at that state. The only way to reset the printer is to unplug the power cord.
A bit of history: My printer used to work perfectly fine until upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. Then it would not print. The power LED would flash but nothing prints out (as described above). I've read that it was because CUPS was changed in 12.04 so IP4200 driver no longer works. This was the reason I bought TurboPrint. Unfortunately, TurboPrint works only about 80% of the time. When TurboPrint is not working, it shows the exact same sympton as the native Ubuntu Canon driver except that native Ubuntu driver works 0% of the time but TurbuPrint works about 80% of the time.
The problem appears randomly and it happens regardless what software I am printing with. If I repeatedly unplug/plug the printer, after x number of times TurboPrint will magically start working again. But then after a while it will stop working.
The printer works 100% of the time when printing from Windows so the hardware is fine.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thank you very much.
A bit of history: My printer used to work perfectly fine until upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. Then it would not print. The power LED would flash but nothing prints out (as described above). I've read that it was because CUPS was changed in 12.04 so IP4200 driver no longer works. This was the reason I bought TurboPrint. Unfortunately, TurboPrint works only about 80% of the time. When TurboPrint is not working, it shows the exact same sympton as the native Ubuntu Canon driver except that native Ubuntu driver works 0% of the time but TurbuPrint works about 80% of the time.
The problem appears randomly and it happens regardless what software I am printing with. If I repeatedly unplug/plug the printer, after x number of times TurboPrint will magically start working again. But then after a while it will stop working.
The printer works 100% of the time when printing from Windows so the hardware is fine.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thank you very much.