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Does anyone know how I can get my Canon Pixma MX452 running on Ubuntu 13.04, either via USB or 802.11? I tried to install in 13.04 via USB, but it used a generic text-only driver which didn't work at all. No scanner functionality either.

Thanks in advance!

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  • Have a look at this --> http://www.justanswer.com/printers/7ofxw-purchased-canon-pixma-mx452-having-trouble-connected-thru.html – Meintjes Apr 29 '13 at 07:31
  • Search the web for "MX450 series IJ Printer Driver Ver. 3.90 for Linux (debian Packagearchive)" – dunaybd May 14 '13 at 15:38
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    user2088077 - Thanks, that got the printer successfully installed (the driver can be downloaded here: http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100515301.html). Now all I need is to get the scanner working. – Rebel May 22 '13 at 02:13
  • I got a *-deb.tar.gz file the above link. How do I install this? I extracted the file and tried to run the install.sh, however it just exists without much messages. – Rejeev Divakaran May 27 '13 at 15:40
  • Rejeev Divakaran - did you try to run it from the terminal? If not, open a terminal, navigate to where the install.sh file is, and run "sudo ./install". That should start the installation. – Rebel Aug 03 '13 at 18:12

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I have managed to install both the printer and scanner drivers for my Canon MX452, you can grab them from here,

In both cases, you will have to extract the tar balls, and run the install.sh script. To run the script you might have to make it executable by running:

$sudo chmod a+x install.sh
$./install.sh

The printer script will have menus for you to choose between find the printer via USB or Network. I installed mine via network, but in both cases you need to have the printer powered and ready.

I wasn't able to use my scanner using "Simple Scan" but the "scangearmp" application that is installed by the script works just fine. You can start it from terminal by running:

$scangearmp &
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