Printer help: Canon Pixmaa MG3122

[Angelbeast]

I just got a Canon Pixma MG3122 printer and i really need some help. I tried to install the driver in wine with no luck. I see there are linux versions of the other Pixma printers. Is there one for the MG3122?

[robin_listas]

On 2012-10-05 15:36, Angelbeast wrote:
>
> I just got a Canon Pixma MG3122 printer and i really need some help. I
> tried to install the driver in wine with no luck. I see there are linux
> versions of the other Pixma printers. Is there one for the MG3122?

Are you really using tumbleweed? If not, please ask a moderator to move this post.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar)

[Angelbeast]

Aye. I am indeed using Tumbleweed. Hence my posting in here. :-)

[deano_ferrari]

I tried to install the driver in wine with no luck.

It's not possible to use Windows drivers.

see there are linux versions of the other Pixma printers. Is there one for the MG3122?

I had a quick search of the Canon-europe website and could not find a Linux driver for printingavailable, although there does seem to be scanner drivers available for the MG3100 series.

Anyway, this pretty much leaves using open-source Gutenprint drivers, and there seems to be 'experimental driver' support for the Canon PIXMA MG3100 series listed:

Gutenprint Supported Printers

Make sure you have the latest gutenprint package installed first. You may want to get that from here:

software.opensuse.org:

*Try the latest from the Printing repo

Plug in your printer and proceed to configuring via the CUPS web interface:

http://localhost:631/admin

I recommend trying the manual 'Add Printer' approach. Enter 'root' and root password when prompted. Follow the configuration prompts given, and choose the 'Canon' make, and 'Canon PIXMA MG3100' for model. See how that goes.

[deano_ferrari]

If the gutenprint driver does not work for you, then you may want to consider using the commercial TurboPrint Linux printer drivers:

ZEDOnet | Supported Printers | TurboPrint 2 - Printer Drivers for Linux - Supported Printers

You can test the driver before being committed to purchasing a license for it.

[robin_listas]

On 2012-10-06 00:56, deano ferrari wrote:
>
> If the gutenprint driver does not work for you, then you may want to
> consider using the commercial TurboPrint Linux printer drivers:

That's what I had to do with my previous Canon printer, and I was happy with them. Not
expensive, and you get updates for free. Very reasonable.

Of course, I will never buy a Canon printer again. :-|

> You can test the driver before being committed to purchasing a license
> for it.

Yes, that's a very good thing they do: you can test the software completely. The only trick
they do is that they print their big logo somewhere in the page when you print high quality -
till you buy the license ;-)


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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 "Asparagus" at Telcontar)

[zerum]

Some years ago I used to have a Canon printer and the only way to get prints in acceptable quality was the driver from Turboprint. I highly recommend it.

[Angelbeast]

I scrapped the Canon printer. I took it back and got a Brother MFC-j430w. There are linux driver available from Brother. They installed with no trouble. However...How the heck do i get it to print? It's connected to my wireless lan but my laptop doesn't seem to be able to send the print jobs to it. What do i do? *LOL* .

[deano_ferrari]

I scrapped the Canon printer. I took it back and got a Brother MFC-j430w.

A much better choice. I currently own a mono laser model with scanner, and have used several models in the workplace.

However...How the heck do i get it to print? It's connected to my wireless lan but my laptop doesn't seem to be able to send the print jobs to it. What do i do? *LOL* .

Installing the drivers is only the first step. Did you configure it yet? From your favourite browser, navigate to

http://localhost:631/admin

and configure as a network printer

Brother Solutions Center : Brother Driver for Linux Distributions

[deano_ferrari]

You will also need to make sure that your user account is a member of the 'lp' group for printing.