canon G3460 drivers for arch?

golferjoe99 · 2022-05-01 09:34:12

I have a canon g3460 driver, there ARE linux drivers avaible but only in RPM. anyone knows if there are some alternative drivers? or is it possible to install RPM drivers on arch? cheers!

frostschutz · 2022-05-01 10:12:32

you can try your luck with the drivers in the AUR - e.g. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cnijfilter2-g3010

otherwise if it's network capable, consider going with that instead

Lone_Wolf · 2022-05-01 10:26:10

That would be a PIXMA G3460 with PIXMA G3460 linux 64-bit drivers ?

The filename of the rpm & deb it lists contains cnijfilter2-6.10 .

cnijfilter2 is a driver used for many canon printers and present in AUR .
NOTE:
if you're unfamiliar with aur, read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository thoroughly before continuing .

Once you have done that, try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cnijfilter2 .

There are ways to use rpm files directly on archlinux, but doing that is very error prone and should in my opinion be considered as "the very last thing to try before giving up".

They often can be used as base to create a working archlinux PKGBUILD though, especially for proprietary software..

golferjoe99 · 2022-05-01 10:53:26

Lone_Wolf wrote:

That would be a PIXMA G3460 with PIXMA G3460 linux 64-bit drivers ?
The filename of the rpm & deb it lists contains cnijfilter2-6.10 .
cnijfilter2 is a driver used for many canon printers and present in AUR .
NOTE:
if you're unfamiliar with aur, read https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository thoroughly before continuing .
Once you have done that, try https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cnijfilter2 .

<slightly offtopic>
There are ways to use rpm files directly on archlinux, but doing that is very error prone and should in my opinion be considered as "the very last thing to try before giving up".
They often can be used as base to create a working archlinux PKGBUILD though, especially for proprietary software..

Ok i have installed cnijfilter, how do i set it as the default driver? im on KDE and it doesnt show up in printer menu im pretty sure.

d_fajardo · 2022-05-01 14:24:15

Ok i have installed cnijfilter, how do i set it as the default driver? im on KDE and it doesnt show up in printer menu im pretty sure.

Have you actually set up CUPS?

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canon G3460 drivers for arch?

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