Problem with Ubuntu & Canon MP370

[dr.Pentti]

Hi,

I have Canon MP370 and Ubuntu 6.10.
Canon MP370 is connected to computer via USB port. Connection is by default "Local printer" and device name is "/dev/lp0".

When I try to print a test page in the setup program, it announces at first "Printing page 1,8 %, complete..." but nothing happens, the printer is silent. Then the setup program announces "Parallel port busy, will retry in 30 seconds..." but nothing happens.

Please help me what is the problem and how do I fix it?

[zedonet]

Please check the printer cable and make sure that the port is not locked by another printer driver. Use

sudo killall parallel

to terminate the CUPS parallel backend if it should be running.

What happens if you enter

sudo echo "hallo" > /dev/lp0

in a terminal window?

[mini]

I'm having a very similar problem on Ubuntu Feisty and using an MP600.

if I do "echo hello > /dev/usblp0" logged in as root, the display of the printer lights up, but nothing is printed.

[zedonet]

Hi,

please select the entry "usb://manufacturer/printer"
(e.g. "usb://canon/ip4300") from the drop down list next to "Connection" field instead of "/dev/usblp0" or "/dev/usb/lp0".

Note: it is no longer possible to use /dev/usb... with newer Linux distributions (CUPS printing system 1.2.x or higher)

[mini]

There is no usb: entry.... Trying to enter manually...

[zedonet]

Open a command line and execute

sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb

to get the correct usb://... string.

[mini]

Yes, I get usb://Canon/MP600

But entering that, using connection type = CUPS URI does not change anything! Also tried Connection=Local printer. Still no testpage!

direct usb://Canon/MP600 "Canon MP600" "Canon MP600 USB #1" "MFG:Canon;CMD:BJL,BJRaster3,BSCCe;SOJ:TXT01;MDL:MP600;CLS:PRINTER;DES:Canon MP600;VER:1.04;STA:10;FSI:03;HRI:OTH;MSI:DAT,E3;"