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I've tried two different Canon printers. Drivers were not available for either and they wouldn't work without them. The ones I tried are the PIXMA IP 2702 and PIXMA MX712. Is there a list of known usable printers? Are there some brands that always work? I've never had this trouble before with other brands of printers. They always worked out of the box.

Devices made by HP are working out-of-the-box. Epson in most cases do work out-of-the-box. Canon is known for it's poor support under Linux.

For the PIXMA IP 2702 you could try using the driver for the PIXMA IP 2700: http://support-au.canon.com.au/P/search ... g_os=Linux
For the PIXMA MX712 i only could find MacOS and Windows drivers.

Take a look at this site for Canon drivers: https://sites.google.com/site/tipsandtr ... on-drivers.

My best advise is to get a HP device! HP printer/scanner/multifunctionals always works out-of-the-box. And if the device is newer than your Mint version, upgrading the HPLIP driver resolves most if not all problems!

Thanks.

We still have the MX712. My wife uses it via wifi from Windows and we use it as a FAX machine. I gave the other printer to a student who needed a printer.

I still need a printer for my office so I'll look for a cheap HP printer.