(OLD) (ARCHIVED) Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

reedman · Joined: 10 Nov 2005 Posts: 14

Several years ago, I waded into the friendly waters of this forum, with many questions. I had then (and have now) a (heretofore) trusty Dell Dimension 4500S, vintage 2002. It multi-boots Windows XP SP3, and three versions of puppy linux, with the most recent being the 5.25 Lupo iteration. Subsequent to a forced shutdown, a Windows file became corrupted, and would no longer boot. But of course, puppy does, flawlessly. I will not be restoring the Windows installation. It can sit there, while puppy continues to do all the hard labor, which he manages continually to look easy.

This circumstance led me to investigate puppy tahr 6.0.2, and what a revelation, as for my money, the distribution that can make any Microsoft acolyte wonder why they bother. Puppy is a grownup now, aging with grace, still as speedy and useful as ever.

Forum member rcrsn51 is an emblematic example of the kind of helpful, courteous, patient participant for which this forum is known, and upon whom I rely. I am not a linux geek, but with assistance like his, I don't need to be. Admission: I tried some other live distros as well: Mint, elementaryOS, Zorin, and one or two others. Eyecandy is good, but it doesn't get the work done, and nothing compares with the speed, organization, and stability of puppy. Long story short, I could not manage to get my Canon MG2520 scanner to work, except in puppy, thanks to rcrsn51, and his sweet little pet, candi.

So thank you. I am going to be walking this dog for a long time to come.

marcos90 · Joined: 07 Sep 2011 Posts: 108

I would like to thanks rcrsn51 for the excellent tutorial, well explained to the beginners like me.
Thanks to this tutorial I could install my multifunctional Canon MG 2410 on Puppy 6.0.2 Tahr system.
Both Printer and Scanner are working perfectly Very Happy

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2015, 21:16 Post subject:

Excellent. Candi v1.4 contains an additional script called candi-pet-maker. Read below.

starhawk · Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2015, 23:38 Post subject:

OMG you're back!

Thought you'd left us forever.

LOL.

You'll be glad to know I got my printer issue sorted so I won't be bugging you about that again for a while.

steve_s · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 1599 Location: Austin, TX, USA

All hail rcrsn51!

Got the Canon Pixma MG2520 working on this flash drive driven Compaq Presario fully from this thread! Great thanks! Cool

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sun 26 Jul 2015, 18:04 Post subject:

Excellent. Candi v1.4 has a new tool called candi-pet-maker. It creates a ready-to-use PET installer from the Canon Debian driver packages.

1. Create a temporary folder with a descriptive name, like canon_ip2700-3.30. It MUST have a version number on the end.
2. Copy the two Canon .deb files into the folder.
3. Go into the folder, open a terminal window and run: candi-pet-maker
4. The PET will be saved in the parent folder.
5. Copy it to a safe location for the next time you need to install the printer.

Update: Candi-pet-maker can make combo print/scan PETs. Just copy all four DEBs into your source folder.

perdido · Posted: Mon 27 Jul 2015, 02:05 Post subject:

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Dpup · Joined: 05 Aug 2008 Posts: 83

Want to report that using Candi-1.4 pet installed for supporting Canon V5 Linux driver from Canon support site for new Canon IP110 portable inkjet installed smoothly for both USB as well as wireless printing in Puppy Linux Tahr 6.0.3. Can easily switch between USB and wireless on several computers.

Was very uneasy after reading many complaints by users that the new IP110 is difficult to setup or to understand poorly written complex instructions and issues about the driver software and lack of support for Linux from Canon. But I did not encounter any issues installing for Linux, Windows, or Android. The Android tablet installation was accomplished by my 2 year old grand daughter... to her it was like the lighted push button learning to count, recognizing letters and number games she plays.

Thanks again for making the Linux installation so easy.

irishrm · Joined: 14 Mar 2009 Posts: 271

I would also like to thank rcrsn51 for this tutorial. I was able it install my canon mg2950 in tahrpup 6.5. Both printer and scanner working perfectly.

Tried to install in slacko64 but the 64bit drivers did not install.

Thanks again.

irishrm.

ninotix · Joined: 18 Dec 2013 Posts: 34 Location: Croatia Zagreb

Can somebody pls. upload cnijfilter-ip2200-2.60 pet file? I had driver for my old printer,but i lost it and it is not available for download anymore on the forum. Thnx

TheNH813 · Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 63

What happened to the iP1800 download link? It's dead.
Anyway, I was able to get cnijfilter-ip1800series from Canon's website.
It doesn't work. The printer is added successfully, but it just dosen't print.
Absolutely no errors of any kind, and I have no idea what's wrong.
Tried both the package you made and the common package from Canon
Neither work. Any suggestion?

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 21 Apr 2016, 11:43 Post subject:

Please read the instructions on the main post. It doesn't sound like you have followed them correctly.

In your case, you need two RPM packages.