I recently purchased a Canon MP620 multi-function printer and had troubles with the driver which comes with Intrepid. It would add a vertical skip between each ink stripe. I found a few posts suggesting that the MP610 drivers which ship with Ubuntu should work, aside from a curious paper source issue, but try as I might - no luck.
I think, "Let’s try Canon’s MP 610 drivers," - except the driver programs are binary-only and only packaged for i386. Bah!
Here’s how to make them work:
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apt-get install ia32-libs -
Download the MP 620/MP 630 PPD. This is actually Canon’s MP 610 PPD with non-working paper sources removed.
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Download the two i386 debs,
cnijfilter-common_*.debandcnijfilter-mp610series_*.debfrom Canon Asia site into a temporary directory. -
Download this script into the same directory.
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sudo sh cnijfilter-amd64-install.sh -
Extract the PPD from the archive file.
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Go to "System > Administration > Printing" and either add a new printer or select the new PPD for the existing printer.
