Canon MG5520 wireless printer

[Fred Smith]

On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 10:03:51PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
> off-list reply...

Oops. I MEANT this to not go to the list since it h ad more questions
than answers...

> 
> Hi Kevin!
> 
> On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 08:50:43PM -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote:
> > My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
> 
> Glad to see you're staying busy!
> 
> > 
> > When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
> > it, but it failed.  I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
> > log.  The last log entries in every series were disconnects.  The pop-up
> > window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
> > 
> > Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
> > linux print drivers.  I downloaded
> > cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
> > ran the install.sh script.  After it finished, I can now print to the
> > printer via USB cable.  (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
> > 
> > Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
> > network.  When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
> > my iPhone.
> > 
> > Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
> > How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
> 
> I've never used a wireless printer, I wonder if your wifi hardware has
> to disconnect from whatever WAP it's talking to  in order to connect to
> the wireless printer? or is it (and the Linux drivers) a lot smarter
> than I think? Do you  have to set it up like any other WAP? or is it
> magic? :)
> 
> 
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---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us -----------------------------
                       I can do all things through Christ 
                              who strengthens me.
------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------