[solved] CUPS doesn't see my Canon MP250 printer?

pe7er · 2012-06-19 16:24:37

I have some problems with CUPS that doesn't see my Canon MP250 printer (All-in-one printer/scanner combination) which is connected via USB.
Last week I posted this question here but was using Archbang then so my topic was closed.
Because of all the differences between Arch & Archbang, I decided to install Arch myself from scratch, together with OpenBox.

So now I am using Arch 3.4.2-2-ARCH on my i686 PC and successfully installed CUPS + its daemon.
The CUPS admin page at http://localhost:631 works ok.
I've successfully installed my Epson AcuLaser C1100 (connected via USB) using this PKGBUILD
and I've added it to CUPS and it's visible at http://localhost:631/printers/? (and working!)

For my Canon MP250 printer I found https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33257
I downloaded the tarball and unzipped it to ~/builds/cnijfilter-mp250
I used "makepkg -s" to create a package, and used "pacman -U cnijfilter-mp250-3.40.1-5-i686.pkg.tar.xz" to install it.
After that I restarted CUPS with /etc/rc.d/cupsd restart

Unfortunately (even after a system reboot) CUPS doesn't list the Canon printer under "Add printer", and "Find New Printer" results in "No printers found."
However, I got the scanner in my Canon MP250 printer working okay with Xsane!

What can I do or check to get my Canon MP250 printer listed in the CUPS admin?
Thanks in advance!

Last edited by pe7er (2012-06-19 18:23:48)

Strike0 · 2012-06-19 17:39:23

Now, great you got it solved for your Epson already.
Have a look at the output of

lpinfo -v

to see if the Canon is listed and you can use that in cups.

I had a similar problem with another printer and ended up solving it like this.

pe7er · 2012-06-19 18:23:36

Thanks!
When I first did lpinfo -v, only the working Epson printer was listed.
However, I have just rebooted my system again and now:

# lpinfo -v
network socket
direct cnijusb:/dev/usb/lp0
direct cnijusb:/dev/usb/lp1
network lpd
network ipp
network https
network ipps
network http
direct usb://EPSON/AL-C1100?serial=31PF2PZ16848350624
network smb

So I visited my CUPS local admin page: http://localhost:631/
and guess what... CUPS shows the Canon MP250 printer as "USB Printer #1 with status readback for Canon IJ (Canon MP250 series)", and I was able to install it!

I had rebooted before... I don't know why this time it's working correctly...
Thanks for your help!

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#1 2012-06-19 16:24:37

[solved] CUPS doesn't see my Canon MP250 printer?

#2 2012-06-19 17:39:23

Re: [solved] CUPS doesn't see my Canon MP250 printer?

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Re: [solved] CUPS doesn't see my Canon MP250 printer?

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