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NGCjmo

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From: Finland

Registered: 2014-06-12

Posts: 9

Canon LBP6300dn Network printer doesn't print

Hi,

If this would be more suited in the Newbie corner, please feel free to move it.

I have LBP6300dn connected via ethernet cable to my router. It works with Windows laptop so there shouldn't be problems there. I installed cups and from AUR cndrvcups-common-lb and cndrvcups-lb as per instructions on CUPS wiki-page. Then on localhost:631 tried to add the printer. PPD file wasn't found, but by downloading the driver package from Canon's website and extracting from there the appropriate PPD file, I was able to get the printer installed.

However I'm not able to print since CUPS interface says Status "Idle - "File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocapt3" not available: No such file or directory"". Now apparently cndrvcups-lb in AUR doesn't have these pstocapt files, where the Canon version does. Is there any easy way to proceed, or what? Only thing I can think of is removing the AUR drivers (one or both packages?) and then installing the Canon drivers from source (only rpm and deb packages available). But I have never installed anything like this and would very much appreciate some guidance.

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cjazz

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Registered: 2009-03-12

Posts: 48

Re: Canon LBP6300dn Network printer doesn't print

Rather than immediately tackling this manually, you might try the AUR package "capt-src," which does install from source and is built for Arch. Then carefully follow the post-install instructions. I caution against trying to install the printer through CUPS localhost:631 since the Capt driver communicates with CUPS through Canon's own ccpd daemon. Full disclosure: You're hearing all this from someone who never quite managed to get his Canon LBP6000 to print under Arch, which is why, at the moment, I've added a Xubuntu installation to my hard drive, where the printer is humming along happily. But others apparently have managed to get their Canon printers to play nicely with Arch.

Edit: Just to make "full disclosure" a little fuller, my LBP6000 now works perfectly with Arch, ever since I copied the package libraries from /usr/lib32 to /usr/lib, per the suggestions of Bafus and vasishath on the capt-src AUR page. My appreciation to those two users and to package maintainer reztho for his good work.

Last edited by cjazz (2014-09-08 19:33:08)

emeres

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Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 1,570

Re: Canon LBP6300dn Network printer doesn't print

This might help you setting capt-src up: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=184198
Those filters are in the package.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,182

Re: Canon LBP6300dn Network printer doesn't print

NGCjmo,

cndrvcups-lb /cndrvcups-common-lb provide the drivers for UFRII type printers.

you have an i-SENSYS LBP6300DN , http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Consumer … 300dn.aspx

Your printer does use the CAPT driver and is supported by aur capt-src package .

If you can't get it to work through the capt-src package, try setting the printer up as a generic PCL5 or PCL6 printer .
(that workaround only works for networked printers).

Cjazz :
both capt-src & cndrcups-lb / cndrvcups- lb-common build from source and are arch-specific, they just support different printers.

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cjazz

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Registered: 2009-03-12

Posts: 48

Re: Canon LBP6300dn Network printer doesn't print

NGCjmo,

Cjazz :
both capt-src & cndrcups-lb / cndrvcups- lb-common build from source and are arch-specific, they just support different printers.

Thanks for the clarification.