How do I get a Canon MG, MP and MX series USB printer working?

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Published on 2011-11-24T14:31:37Z Indexed on 2011/11/29 18:03 UTC
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Printer MP6150 driver installed itself upon plugging in the printer. Printer is recognized (lsusb shows it) but does not mount. If the printer is recognized, the driver must be working (or?), but something is blocking the system from mounting the printer. Tried the usual things: power of printer, restart Ubuntu etc.

Listed below result of lsusb and fstab:

hans@kontor-linux:~$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04a9:174a Canon, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1058:1001 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. External Hard Disk [Elements]
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser

hans@kontor-linux:~$ sudo cat /etc/fstab [sudo] password for hans:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=eaf3b38d-1c81-4de9-98d4-3834d674ff6e /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=93a667d3-6132-45b5-ad51-1f8a46c5b437 none            swap    sw              0       0

Here is what I have tried:

  • Tried the HK link again, but no luck so far. However, I connected the printer wirelessly to router on other xp box.
  • Installing the driver from ppa:michael-gruz/canon doesn't work, but the driver is installed

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