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Zibi1981

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-01-31

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[SOLVED] Cannot select appropriate printer driver - button greyed out

Anyone have any idea why system settings from KDE6 won't allow me to choose the appropriate driver/ppd files?

I've installed and enabled cups and Canon drivers as on previous system, but this time the button is greyed out.

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2024-03-09 15:44:01)

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Zibi1981

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 719

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot select appropriate printer driver - button greyed out

I was finally able to solve my problem, but only by using terminal. I'll leave the solution for future and maybe for others that will have some similar inconvieniences.

1) For Cannon printers via LAN besides CUPS one has to have installed these packages:

 $ pacman -Qs canon
local/cnijfilter-common 4.10-4
    Canon IJ Printer Driver (Common Package)
local/cnijfilter2 6.60-1
    Canon IJ Printer Driver for Linux
local/cups-bjnp 2.0.3-3
    CUPS back-end for the canon printers using the proprietary USB over IP BJNP protocol

2) Disable Firewall or open the appropriate ports (I refer you to the printer manufacturer's documentation)

3) Scan for the printer's local network address with $ cnijnetprn --search auto or cnijlgmon3 (depending on the drivers version)

4) Add printer with the command:

$ lpadmin -p Custom_Printer_Name -P /usr/share/cups/model/canonmb2300.ppd -v "cnijbe2://............................" -E

That's all.

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2024-03-09 15:43:39)

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