Driver for Printer Canon model MP 550

[NoOp]

On 02/08/2010 11:10 PM, Pastor JW wrote:
>  On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:26:08 -0000, jacopo <jaco.leo at alice.it> wrote:
>  > Hallo!
>  >
>  > can somebody tell me how to find the driver for the Printer Canon model
>  > "MP 550".
>  >
>  > In the Canon web site no way to find the driver for Linux.
>  >
>  > Looking forward to hering someone i remain with mine
> 
> Canon drivers are difficult to find alright.  Best bet is to google your 
> machine and Ubuntu and search for a step by step on installing drivers.  I 
> have a Canon MP 620 that I tried for several months to get to work.  I bought 
> Turboprint which actually did work for about a month and then quit.  No 
> support from Turboprint no matter what I tried.  Turboprint still would print 
> a page if I left my computer running for 40 hours each page.  Couldn't get 
> help here either.  So I finally bought an HP J4680 for less than I paid for 
> the ink for the Canon however, I guess I'm stuck for the price of Turboprint 
> software and the Canon printer but all in all a fairly inexpensive lesson.  
> I'll never buy either Turboprint or Canon ever again.  Hopefully your lesson 
> will not be as costly as mine.   
> 

Anyone that left their computer running for 40 hours each page had far
worse problems than supposed issues from Turboprint...