If you have the wrong driver and everything else is correct you'll usually get something from the printer (garbled output, page feed, etc.
You should insure that these settings make sense if you can't print. If you right click on the printer and choose properties you'll get something like this (your URI and driver will be different): If it prints congratulations, your done! If not, right click on the printer and insure that Enabled is checked (it should be) Now print a test page to insure everything is working properly: There’s also sane backend for some scanners.
Ubuntu canon printer drivers drivers#
Thierry Ordissimo made the official drivers of Canon printers and multifunction devices, included versions 2.20 and newer, into PPA. deb packages for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, and also Ubuntu 16.04 via PPA. You'll be asked to identify your printer here:ĭo so and then click apply. For those looking for Canon IJ or ScanGear MP drivers, there are now. Once you've found your model listed, select it and move forward If you don't find your model listed here hit the back button and try searching for a driver to download above. If you have a PPD file you can choose it here, if not, try to choose your printer from the database by selecting Canon here Next you'll choose the driver to use for me Brother is recommended, yours will be Canon. Thanks to Thierry Ordissimo, the guy maintains an Ubuntu PPA that contains official Canon drivers for Linux.
This is what I get as I print over the network:
Choose your printer from the list or enter the URI (the list should populate with detected printers provided you've followed the instructions in the community wiki about setting up CUPS