driver for canon pixma mp280 printer

[pdc]

that's great; you need to be a member of the lp group and now you are ....so the command did that for you;

[kouni]

So, I just tried again to launch scangear prior to trying this new command... and it worked.
I haven't done anything since I last tried to launch it (a couple of weeks ago, I think), but there has been an update or two, so I guess the issue has been fixed, great news!
Thanks for helping out anyway

[pdc]

sometimes computers have minds of their own; and perhaps your computer has entered a more mellow phase; enjoy

[LK_gandalf_]

I still cannot print in black and white/greyscale, this happens from two different laptop with kubuntu 12.04 64bit. Anyone has the same issue?

[pdc]

Go back to post #133 and do what freart told you to do;

I enclose a thumbnail of the box one edits

[LK_gandalf_]

Yes I did it time ago but unfortunately nothing changed. I could try to clean up everything and try again. I use drivers 3.40-1. Thanks!

[jz77f]

Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, running on Asus 1225b.
Installed (via Ubuntu Software Center):
cnijfilter-common-64 3.90-63~precise1
cnijfilter-mp280series-64 3.90-63~precise1 (... seems to be a newer version than what is available on Canon website)
Tried:
ScanGear - says "Cannot find available scanners"
XSane 0.998 - says "no devices available"
Simple Scan - says "No scanners detected"
Gimp - says "Cannot find available scanners"

Note the printer works fine.
Help appreciated!

[pdc]

Hi there jz77f

ScanGear - says "Cannot find available scanners"

.............. so I'm wondering if you installed ScanGearMP?

You can get it from here

http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/c...100302702.html

and when installed, you run it by

scangearmp

from a terminal, and for repeated use, you create a launcher ...........google to find how to do it

.........if you don't have ScanGear installed ............ it comes down as scangearmp-mp280series-1.60-1-deb.tar.gz .....let me know and I can give you the commands if you need them