Re: adding network printer

[notoneofmy <notoneofmyseeds@gmx.de>]

On 15-06-09 8:15 PM, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> Have you used this printer with lpd before?
>
> Everything I find on Google says it only speaks a proprietary protocol
> called bjnp.
>
> Which should be covered by the cups-backend-bjnp package.
>
> http://setdosa.blogspot.se/2009/02/setting-up-canon-pixma-mx850-on-ubuntu.html
...and what more, and this is very important, it did not ask me to
select a driver. It automagically found and selected the right. I the
link asked to select a particular driver; that wasn't an option presented.

Now, now, if I can only scan to the machine. That will be asking too
much, I suppose, given Canon's retrogressive moves by not opening up
their drivers. That's OK, printing is good enough.

And as well, it's important to note that I did not touch CUPS. But I did
use it to delete the printer it added, which never did work.

Thanks again!