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    Canon PIXMA iP2600 printer driver for Ubuntu 18.04

    My apologies re this old printer. I picked up a cheap laptop recently that is running WIndows 10 and the driver supplied with the Canon printer works OK there.

    I managed to get the printer working some years ago on an earlier release of Ubuntu, 14.04
    At that time this was helpful but has not helped today:
    http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/...-ubuntu-14-04/
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    Please is there a way of getting the printer to work on my main laptop that runs Ubuntu 18.04?
    ASUS ZenBook UX305 (Intel® Core™ M-5Y10c ) CPU @ 0.80GHz × 4, 8GiB RAM, 128GiB SSD, Ubuntu 18.04
    MSi CR620 (Novatech i3 Core i3-350M) 2.27GHz 2GiB RAM, 250GiB SSD, Ubuntu 18.04 & W10

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    Re: Canon PIXMA iP2600 printer driver for Ubuntu 18.04

    You have to know if that hardware is found and well identified by the system:
    - power it up
    - glance at System Settings -> printers

    lsusb output should list it. Ubuntu install should have already installed the required driver (system-config-printer-udev). Check you have ipp-usb installed (via synaptic for example)
    Then you can glance at 'journalctl -b' to find related 'printer' 'usb' error/warning
    https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ubuntu-859626/

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    Re: Canon PIXMA iP2600 printer driver for Ubuntu 18.04

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    Re: Canon PIXMA iP2600 printer driver for Ubuntu 18.04

    I have no experience with Canon printers so take that into consideration. I would follow Dino99's advice. If that doesn't work, Canon does offer Linux support though it may be less obvious than Windows. A quick search brings up this:

    https://www.canon-europe.com/support...m_information/

    Manufacturer support for linux does seem better in Europe and Asian than it seems in N. America. Do be a little careful about following random instructions found on the internet. Some will have you tieing your system into knots then leave you hanging or worse.

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