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eronde

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Registered: 2014-01-13

Posts: 12

[Solved] Canon MG6600/MG6650

Hi,

Yesterday I bought a new printer, a canon mg6650 but I can't get it to work.

lpinfo -v
network ipps
file cups-pdf:/
network lpd
network http
network https
network ipp
network socket
direct hp
network smb
direct usb://Canon/MG6600%20series?serial=01D615&interface=1
direct hpfax
direct cnijbe2://Canon/?port=usb&serial=01D615

 
dmesg |grep Canon
[ 7929.594441] scsi 11:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Canon    MG6600 series    0301 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 8814.445928] scsi 12:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Canon    MG6600 series    0301 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[121067.673849] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Canon    MG6600 series    0301 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2

I've installed:
aur/cnijfilter2-mg7500 5.00-1 [installed] (2)
    Canon InkJet Printer Driver (MG7500, MG6600, MG5600, MG2900, MB5300, MB5000, MB2300, MB2000, IP110, IB4000, E460 Series)
But when I list the drivers: lpinfo -m, I get null.

I also tried to install trough the cups web interface, but I'm getting this error: Unable to get list of printer drivers:

Am I forgetting to do something after installing  aur/cnijfilter2-mg7500 5.00-1 ?

Last edited by eronde (2015-10-19 12:45:30)

eronde

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Registered: 2014-01-13

Posts: 12

Re: [Solved] Canon MG6600/MG6650

Anyone ?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Canon MG6600/MG6650

Do you have any foomatic packages installed ?

check item 6.6 on cups/troubleshooting page in wiki.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2015-10-18 19:40:55)

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eronde

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Registered: 2014-01-13

Posts: 12

Re: [Solved] Canon MG6600/MG6650

I've changed client.conf to localhost:631, but I'm getting the same error.

Do I need foomatic? I've  installed foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine and foomatic-db-nonfree

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

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Re: [Solved] Canon MG6600/MG6650

The "Unable to get list of printer drivers:" is caused by foomatic-db-engine .

If none of your printers are supported by foomatic, you can remove the foomatic packages completely.
If some printers do require foomatic (like many HP printers), you can use pacman -Rdd to remove foomatic-db-engine temporarily .

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clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky

eronde

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Registered: 2014-01-13

Posts: 12

Re: [Solved] Canon MG6600/MG6650

The "Unable to get list of printer drivers:" is caused by foomatic-db-engine .

If none of your printers are supported by foomatic, you can remove the foomatic packages completely.
If some printers do require foomatic (like many HP printers), you can use pacman -Rdd to remove foomatic-db-engine temporarily .

Thanks, removing foomatic solved the problem.

Thanks for helping.