Page 1 of 1
Problem with Ubuntu & Canon MP370
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:07 pm
by 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?
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:00 am
by 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?
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:18 pm
by 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.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:06 pm
by 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)
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:14 pm
by mini
There is no usb: entry.... Trying to enter manually...
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:18 pm
by zedonet
Open a command line and execute
sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb
to get the correct usb://... string.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:26 pm
by 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;"