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I have been trying to install my Canon Pixma MP620 printer via cable network on my Ubuntu 13.04 64bit OS for two days. Previously I also tried to install the printer on Linux Mint 15, but failed.

There are lots (really tons) of well written tutorials how to install the printer (e.g. this wiki on ubuntuusers.de). However nothing seems to work.

After messing up my system with lots of packages and different drivers I did a complete reinstall of the operating system.

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malisokan
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  • If I try to add the printer via the direct device URI: cnijnet:/, I get this error: "CUPS server error: There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-not-possible'." – malisokan Aug 23 '13 at 21:03
  • maybe this thread will help? http://cloudnull.io/2011/05/mp-620-630-debian-based-univeral-installer/ good luck. the mp620 is plain horror, I know! –  Sep 10 '13 at 07:20
  • The universa-installer failed on Ubuntu 14.04 64bits. I just contacted the author, just in case there is an update. – nephewtom Nov 10 '15 at 21:15

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I have an MP620 printer that stopped working on Ubuntu 13.04. After some investigations I found out that CUPS did not have suport for BJNP. I tried to install the support with

sudo apt-get install cups-backend-bjnp

After this, CUPS found the printer and the driver automatically.

before installing cups-backend-bjnp I followed the instructions from this post.

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  • Awesome. Just installed the printer on Ubuntu 14.04. They only thing I had to do, was to install cups-backend-bjnp. After that I could add the printer and print via my local area network. – malisokan May 25 '14 at 12:01
  • Do you have the scanner working with wifi? – nephewtom Nov 10 '15 at 21:14
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I was able to get the printer working on my 64bit machines running 13.10 by installing cups-backend-bjnp

sudo apt-get install cups-backend-bjnp

Then open printers, click on add printer. Select Enter URI, then enter the device URI (i.e. "bjnp://192.168.1.10") Click next Select Canon from the listbox. Click forward Select PIXMA MP620 from the models listbox Click forward Add any descriptions you like then hit Apply and try to print a test page.

I recommend setting your router to provide the printer a static ip address so that you won't have to re-add the printer every time your router resets.

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