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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    is it possible to get the scan functionality working on the MG2520 with the Gutenprint drivers? Print/Copy works fine, but Simple-Scan, Canon's VueScane (linux version), and a couple other scanning utilities I found in the software center don't recognize the scanner.

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    No, gutenprint is a inkjet printer driver, not scanner software.
    You should make use of the SANE project for that. Report to their mailing list if something does not work, support might be experimental, and if the Ubuntu repos do not have a modern SANE (going by the ancient gutenprint example) you will need to compile it locally, very easy when you read the README.linux file in the source.
    Learning the mechanism requires good teachers and dedication

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    I'll try that, thanks.

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    so you want to use the scanner function on the MG2520 MF device?

    Canon supply a programme called ScanGear

    you download it from their driver support site: eg Canon Asia

    as ubuntu uses debian packages, use the debian package Canon supply

    get it from here

    http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/c...100551901.html

    it comes down as a .tar.gz file

    the commands would be

    tar -zxvf scangearmp-mg2500series-2.20-1-deb.tar.gz
    cd scangearmp-mg2500series-2.20-1-deb
    ./install.sh
    the install sees if you have 32bit or 64bit debian and installs appropriately

    to run scangear, first of all type

    scangearmp
    that should get it running for you

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSU9YuE_36w

    this youtube shows you how to create a launcher to save you opening a terminal each time

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    Thanks alot. I did try scangear originally and it didn't detect the scanner, but whatever version I used was downloaded from Canon's site. Looks like your instructions might be different so I'll give it a try. Thanks!

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    I'm using the updated 14.04 system and got the printer to work through Settings. The driver/s must be there in the system as I managed to print out a test page which said the driver was STP00403.PPD Version 5.2.10-pre2. ( I certainly didn't install any printer drivers.) So, it prints and if you want to, go to the post by pdc in this thread about scanning with this little machine. There are .deb packages that can be downloaded from Canon support and installed via the Software Centre to help in that regard.
    Last edited by appkw020646; April 16th, 2014 at 10:07 PM.

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    thanks appkw020646

    ....out of curiosity....if you click on this link http://localhost:631/printers/ it opens up CUPS (printer admin) on your computer; only you can read it

    is the gutenprint driver listed? They feel they have a driver now for most of the Canon MG range

    I enclose a thumbnail of our cups page: I use the canon driver
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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    Canon MG2500 series -System-Product-Name Canon MG2500 series - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.10-pre2 Idle
    Like so, pdc

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    thanks; so folks have a choice:

    the gutenprint driver;

    or the Canon driver http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/c...100550201.html that comes down as cnijfilter-mg2500series-4.00-1-deb.tar.gz

    the Canon driver has the cngpij monitoring utility that some like to use http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ighlight=canon (the poster couldn't access the utility as he had the gutenprint driver installed; installing the Canon driver gave him cngpij utility)

    cngpij -P Canon-MG2520USB
    would run the utility and one could set up a launcher for it

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    Re: Trying to install Canon PIXMA MG2520 printer

    you good sir are awsome thanks alot couldn't for the life of me find a app that would make it possible to scan now just to test printing

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