The thing is that when I tried to install the printer in Ubuntu 64-bit, there were no available drivers, and althought there were several threads explaining what to do, I never got it working (I swear I spent quite amount of time trying to install the printer, but there was no way).

Yesterday I updated ubuntu, and I saw some printing-related packages updated, so I thought: “let’s try again”. Now my printer works!!

As I said before, the Canon drivers for PIXMA iP2600 are only available for 32-bits, and I’m using a 64-bit ubuntu installation, so a small trick should be done for installing those drivers  (a trick that did not work 3 months ago).

So, if you have a Canon PIXMA iP2600 or similar, here is what I did to get it working:

• Go to  Linux Printing and look for your printer (in my case PIXMA iP2600)
  • I found this page for the drivers of Canon PIXMA iP2600
• I download the drivers for 32-bits operating systems  (there are no 64-bit versions of these drivers):
  • cnijfilter-common_2.90-1_i386.deb at http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100118902.html
  • cnijfilter-ip2600series_2.90-1_i386.deb at http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100119102.html
• I forced the installation of both packages using dpkg:

  • sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture cnijfilter-common_2.90-1_i386.deb

  • sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture cnijfilter-ip2600series_2.90-1_i386.deb

• And finally I connected the printer USB to my laptop, I opened the Printer Manager (System -> Administration -> Printing), and I clicked on New Printer button, and after clicking next next a couple of time I clicked on Finish (without changing anything). The printer manager added the new printer and asked me to print a test page and…
• voila!  The page has been magically printed!