Ubuntu 11.10, Thinkpad X220, 2 printers and a scanner

[Notebooker]

The major items to overcome are drivers that work for two printers and one scanner, all Canon. I haven't found anything to work with these, yet. Any solutions?

Canon i960 inkjet printer
Canon MF4370dn multifunction printer
Canon Canoscan LIDE 90 scanner

[ALLurGroceries]

The canoscan lide scanner should work with the genesys backend to SANE: SANE: Backends (Drivers)

Canon printers are not well supported, no thanks to... you guessed it, Canon. There isn't any Linux driver (or even any clue) on their website.

I didn't find either printer in this list: Printers by Manufacturer | OpenPrinting - The Linux Foundation

However gutenprint may work for your i960: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_...d_Printers.php

http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/c...ver-gutenprint

[Notebooker]

Thanks, I will look at these tonight.

[cestlecutee]

Hey, I'm curious about how thinkpads compatible with linux systems. I don't know much about linux, but willing to have a try. I guess having both ubuntu and windows would be best for me. But I don't know how...Thanks in advance~

[ral]

List of Ubuntu Lenovo certified laptops. Not all are certified for the latest version so check the details.

[invisible]

List of Ubuntu Lenovo certified laptops. Not all are certified for the latest version so check the details.

Thanks for the link. It's a shame there aren't many "certified" Lenovo notebooks. :\

[cestlecutee]

Hey, I'm curious about how thinkpads compatible with linux systems. I don't know much about linux, but willing to have a try. I guess having both ubuntu and windows would be best for me. But I don't know how...Thanks in advance~

I'm buying a X220 in few days I think... Any one can share some guidelines for newbie who want to install a linux system, say ubuntu?~~