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pmatos

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Registered: 2017-09-03

Posts: 50

canon maxify linux support

Hi guys.

I thought in this day and age that all printers would have linux support so I got a Canon Maxify MB5450, installed it and couldn't get it to work. It seems canon dropped linux support or something.
Anyone knows if there's a way to get it working? Maybe some open source drivers I have missed?

Kind regards,

Paulo Matos

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,111

Re: canon maxify linux support

https://www.canon-europe.com/support/co … 20(64-bit)

They do have a driver, IJ Printer Driver Ver. 5.40 for Linux .

No need to use that though, gutenprint supports your printer.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/p_Sup … inters.php

Install gutenprint with pacman, then try re-adding the printer in cups webinterface.

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