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Hi I am running puppy racy 5.2.2 have a canon pixma MG2160 im not a wizz with puppy, any step by step instructions to set up appreciated.
will post reply for any help given, thank you in advance

HDPE wrote:Hi I am running puppy racy 5.2.2 have a canon pixma MG2160

I have posted the canon_mg2100-3.60.pet above. Your printer will be listed in CUPS as a Canon MG2100 Series, not as a Canon PIXMA.

any step by step instructions to set up appreciated.will post reply for any help given, thank you in advance

Racy has a control panel on the desktop. It has an option for setting up a printer. However, Wary 522 had significant problems with printing and I expect that they are also in Racy 522. Read here.

Hey thanks rcrsn51 works a treat very simple

Glad to help.

Have you tried scanning yet? I don't believe that your unit will be detected by Xsane, so I have posted the Canon scanning software here.

Hi, excellent work !!

ip80 & ip90?

I hadn't tried ip100 with them.

Doing a road trip round oz nov and would be a VERY pleased to get these working on pup,then i can stop loading xp to print!

after actually reading puppy setup instructions I got canon ip80 ip90 running with cups.

For the benefit of other users, could you clarify some things?

1. What Puppy version are you using?

2. What is the correct model name of the first printer? Is it an i80 or an iP80?

3. I'm assuming that you used a Gutenprint driver when you did the install in CUPS. Which model did you choose for each printer?

I have posted above the official Canon iP90 driver. It may yield better quality output than the Gutenprint driver.

Yes fair call.

for the record not a fluent puppy user yet.

1. What Puppy version are you using?
A> Puppy Wary 5.2.2

2. What is the correct model name of the first printer? Is it an i80 or an iP80?
A>The physical printer i used was an iP90 , i also have i80 and the iP90v printers(v is for vista apparently) but i have not tried on the i80 or 90v


3. I'm assuming that you used a Gutenprint driver when you did the install in CUPS. Which model did you choose for each printer?

A)from memory and its something i will redo as an exercise for confirmation purposes,(as my memory isn't articulate) on selecting add printer in the cups menu , i typed 'ip90' as the device/printer , the device was already connected via usb, a drop down list appeared with canon i80 in the lineup, i selected canon i80 and then selected print test page and it printed.,so i saved it as default, note however the print is/was a bit greyscale, but that was acceptable as i typically choose greyscale for economising on ink.

much obliged for the above driver! , will see if i can get it configured.

will get back to confirm the actions above and Cups or Gutenberg once i can carry out the exercise from live cd 5.2.2

as expected yes your right,

IT WAS the Canon i80 Cups+ Gutenprint 5.2.7 driver

used with a portable Canon iP90 , ran through the steps with a wary 5.2.2 live cd ,was going to post screenshots but decided to remain text only. Still have not configured your posted iP90 driver .

also, attempting setup of FATDOG64 for print, so > expect me< on that thread.

thanks again for your efforts.

Hi again,

have tried to get the ip90 pet provided to work , using 2.6.33.2 puppy lucid , the iP90 pet does help identify the printer, but after selecting it in cups lineup of printers , no printing occurs, [printer status is "idle, but accepting jobs] however choosing i80 gutenberg or [after installing your provided iP100 pet] and selecting iP100 in lineup it does print. , i80 appears to have more comprehensive print options than iP90 and iP100 though.

strange how i
p100 works for me and not iP90.

any suggestions?

p.s i have the windows cd for iP90 and iP90v if wanted.

The canon_ip90-2.70.pet is built on a very old Canon code base and is NOT compatible with newer Puppies like Lupu. That would explain your problem.

I have attached a modified version below that may work. Please test.

yes, that updated iP90 pet canon printer driver for [ lupu ] newer puppy you just provided works very well, Thank you. the text is a better size than running iP100 pet*1 [*1-using iP100 pet with iP90 printer] and the colour strength has increased and the format of web pages is better than cups+gutenberg i80 driver*2 [*2-using i80 cups+gutenberg driver with canon iP90 printer]

will test the first iP90 driver with puppy wary prob 2moro.