On many forums, I’ve read my brand new Canon Pixma MP550 would not be supported under Linux.
Well, that’s incorrect 🙂 Mandriva linux does not provide out-of-the-box support, but you’ll find official Canon drivers for this very nice printer on the Canon Australian web site. Strangely enough, they are not on the sites in other countries :-/
<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">First, search for my printer (in my case MP550)</figcaption></figure> <figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Follow the download link</figcaption>
Download the driver
Browse the results and find the Canon driver for linux.
<figcaption class="wp-caption-text">The Canon driver for linux </figcaption></figure>
You find, the source code, the Redhat RPM package, and the Debian DEB package.
You’ll also find the drivers for the scanner.
For a RPM-based distribution, download the RPM packages for