CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

PJxSlain · 2015-11-16 00:28:38

I am trying to connect to my Canon MP250 printer via the CUPS interface. The CUPS admin page at http://localhost:631 works fine, and when I go to add a printer CUPS registers my Canon MP250 printer under Local Printers by showing "Canon MP250 series (Canon MP250 series). When I continue to add the printer, The name and description populates as well as the connection of "usb://Canon/MP250%20series?serial=9383D0&interface=1". I continue and am asked for the make and model, but the Canon make is not available. I tried the Generic make as well as all of the model options, but I did not have any success in printing a test page.

Something that I am curious about is my wife has Ubuntu installed on her laptop and the printer is connected and prints just fine there. Is there any way of pulling the driver or however CUPS registers printers from the Ubuntu system and transferring it onto my Arch system?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

R/S

jasonwryan · 2015-11-16 00:41:08

What driver did you install?

PJxSlain · 2015-11-16 00:42:19

What driver did I install where?

jasonwryan · 2015-11-16 00:56:28

Please read the wiki before opening threads here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CU … est_driver

Arup · 2015-11-16 01:42:57

PJxSlain wrote:

What driver did I install where?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/605 … 64.pkg.tar download from here and install via pacman. Then use CUPS to add it.

jasonwryan · 2015-11-16 01:50:56

Arup wrote:

PJxSlain wrote:
What driver did I install where?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/605 … 64.pkg.tar download from here and install via pacman. Then use CUPS to add it.

Good idea: download some random file from a dropbox account when the driver is in a package in the official repositories...

PJxSlain · 2015-11-16 02:11:57

Alright, so after clicking around in the Ubuntu installation, i found the same information I was looking for that CUPS asks for, such as make and model. It showed there that the driver was provided via gutenprint. I added gutenprint via yaourt, went back into CUPS and attempted to add the printer and voila, printer added and works like a charm.

Arup · 2015-11-16 02:47:07

jasonwryan wrote:

Arup wrote:
PJxSlain wrote:
What driver did I install where?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/605 … 64.pkg.tar download from here and install via pacman. Then use CUPS to add it.
Good idea: download some random file from a dropbox account when the driver is in a package in the official repositories...

AUR is official repository? I am aware there is official support for MP280 in AUR. Anyways its good to know that the official Arch repos contain the driver as Canon is notoriously anti Linux but Epson has improved on their position but not by much.

Last edited by Arup (2015-11-16 02:54:17)

jasonwryan · 2015-11-16 03:16:38

Arup wrote:

jasonwryan wrote:
Arup wrote:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/605 … 64.pkg.tar download from here and install via pacman. Then use CUPS to add it.
Good idea: download some random file from a dropbox account when the driver is in a package in the official repositories...

AUR is official repository? I am aware there is official support for MP280 in AUR. Anyways its good to know that the official Arch repos contain the driver as Canon is notoriously anti Linux but Epson has improved on their position but not by much.

gutenprint is in [extra].

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#1 2015-11-16 00:28:38

CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#2 2015-11-16 00:41:08

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#3 2015-11-16 00:42:19

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#4 2015-11-16 00:56:28

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#5 2015-11-16 01:42:57

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#6 2015-11-16 01:50:56

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#7 2015-11-16 02:11:57

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#8 2015-11-16 02:47:07

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

#9 2015-11-16 03:16:38

Re: CUPS and Canon MP250 printer issues.

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