How do I install a Canon PIXMA MX700 as a standalone wired network printer?

Question

How can I install a Canon PIXMA MX700 as a standalone wired network printer on amd64 Ubuntu 12.04? I have it set up with fixed IP of 192.168.1.4 and have tried various URI's such as:

socket://192.168.1.4:80
socket://192.168.1.4:80/tcp
socket://192.168.1.4:139
socket://192.168.1.4:139/tcp
ipp://192.168.1.4:80
ipp://192.168.1.4:80/tcp
ipp://192.168.1.4:80/resource

and a whole lot more as well. Under "network diagnostic tools" I find two ports - 80/tcp and 139/tcp - that is why I have used them, but I have also tried 9100 - all to no avail. Please can someone help?

Answer 1

If you have a printer on your network, but dont know the IP or Port you could use nmap to find it.

Note that you should only use nmap on networks that you own, as firewalls would see it as offensive.

For example, if your ip address is 10.0.0.37, replace last number 37 with an asterix *.
To scan your network with nmap use $ nmap 10.0.0.*

My result:
Nmap scan report for 10.0.0.20
Host is up (0.031s latency).
Not shown: 996 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open http
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
445/tcp open microsoft-ds
515/tcp open printer

From this we can see that my printer is using port 515.

Now in printer setttings (I'm using gutenprint and kde) I have set the Device URI to:
lpd://10.0.0.20:515/PASSTHRU

Hope this works for you also!

Answer 2

I have a Canon MX700, and the other answer did not work. Here's what needed to be done to get it functioning on 12.04:

1. Download the zip file from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1747661, unpack it and run sudo ./install.sh. This installs a couple printer driver .deb files and builds, runs, and installs cups-bjnp-0.5.5.

2. Reboot (optional I think. possibly just restart cups?)

3. Run system-config-printer

4. Add a new printer, and specify the URI:

   bjnp://192.168.0.69:8611

5. Print test page. Yay!