Any luck with Canon iP2600 printer?

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On 05/24/2009 06:25 PM, eyore15 User wrote:
> On Sun, 24 May 2009 07:52:24 -0700, Jerry Houston wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone suggest how I could get my Canon Pixma iP2600 to work with
>> Ubuntu?
>> 
>> It's connected to a machine that will dual-boot to Vista Ultimate, and
>> there's no problem using it that way, but I'm getting tired of booting
>> Vista to use the printer.
>> 
>> If anyone here has gotten it to work with Ubuntu, I'd sure appreciate
>> some advice.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>>     Jerry in Bothell, WA
> 
> Canon does not really work and play well with Ubuntu.  I had a Pixima iP 
> series printer and couldn't get it to work with 8.04, 8.10, or 9.04.  
> Worked find with a pc, so I found a PC to pair it with and got an HP to 
> use with Ubuntu.  The more technical people among us may have other info, 
> but I couldn't find drivers from Canon for practically any of their 
> printers to allow them to work in Ubuntu.  A guru of mine said that I 
> should just stay away from Canon completely.  The HP stuff worked out of 
> the box.  I suspect "buy a different printer" wasn't what you wanted to 
> hear, so I'll defer now to the smart people who may have a real answer 
> for you.  I'm just passing along my experience


Nonsense. I use a Canon MP750 and it works just fine. However, I will
admit that the free drivers sometimes create issues so I use Turboprint
for the added features, quality, and updates. BTW: HP printers do *not*
always just work out of the box... I've had to download and install
direct HP drivers for multiple customers HP printers in the recent past.

@Jerry: These might be helpful

http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-PIXMA_iP2600
[Color inkjet printer, works Perfectly]
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1070696
[What am I not doing? Cannon pixma ip2600]
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5337771
[Canon iP2600....anyone?]
http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/