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c/linux · by qyron@sopuli.xyz · 186d

[Help Request] Installing Cannon drivers

I have a Canon Maxify 2750.

Up until now I've been using the standar linux drivers for it but they have a serious limitation I really need to solve which is I can only print one page at a time, on one sheet of paper. Printer is capable of full duplex printing.

If been able to install the drivers before but now I'me being confronted with an unexpected _"("_ error. Nothing more, nothing less.

I run the install script and it just fails.

Can someone lend a hand on this, please?

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LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 186d (16 replies)

Richard Stallman wept.

mech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 185d (3 replies)

The proprietary drivers for my printer are 1GB large.
Printing turns a document into a postscript file and sends that to the printer, what the fuck does it need 1GB of data for that??

LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 185d (2 replies)

Name and shame the printer company. That's infuriating to read.

mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 185d (1 reply)

Those are the Windows drivers for a Kyocera printer-scanner-combo.
Under Linux it runs out of the box with the drivers included in CUPS.

LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 185d

"Fuck Yooouuu Kyocera, and Fuck Yoooouuuu Windoze!!!" -Emporer Akihito, South Park "Whale Wars" reference

qyron@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 186d (11 replies)

I get the reference and I second that one.

LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 185d (10 replies)

Gutenprint

https://openprinting.org/driver/gutenprint/

Which distro are you using? GNU/Linux Debian? Debian based distro?

qyron@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 185d (9 replies)

Debian stable

LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 185d

https://packages.debian.org/trixie/printer-driver-gutenprint

LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 185d (7 replies)

Hey fellow Debian Stable penguin, I'm running out of power-ups over here, wondering if you were able to install it and check? Would love to know if it worked better for you, before num-nums and nite-nite time. 22:50 local time here for me.

sudo apt-get install printer-driver-gutenprint

There's also a Gutenprint GUI installable as a Snap package, that way Debian Stable (for good reason) is timely behind Experimental (which has it).

Check if snap is installed by:

snap --version

If not installed already, you can run:

sudo apt install snapd

Then rerun the above 'version checker command' and if all went well, do:

sudo snap install core

And then get it into Active state with:

sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

Then we make a symbolic link for classic snap support (Arch and Debian systems need this:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/snaps/snap /snap

Whew. All's in place. Now getcha the Gutenprint GUI using snap:

sudo snap install --edge gutenprint-printer-app

And once it's snapped into your Debian system, launch it from Terminal with:

gutenprint-printer-app

This is my first comment ever on Lemmy with this many copy/paste code snippets. Hoping it all formatted correctly for ya, and let us know how it goes from here! LOLseas

qyron@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 185d (6 replies)

I've installed the gutenprint driver but my specific printer is not listed as a supported model. Testing it as I write this but with no particular hopes...

edit: and no, it still prints one sheet at a time, no duplex, and it botching the image printing quality

LOLseas@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 185d (5 replies)

I found it listed under gimp-print.sourceforge.io/p_Supported_Printers.php listed as Experimental. Gutenprint is originally Gimp-Print.

It's labelled as "Canon MAXIFY MB2750" on that page. In the terminal, what's the output of:

gutenprint-printer-app devices

?

qyron@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 185d

I haven't installed the GUI

The printer remains as is, faulty

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 185d (1 reply)

What's the exact error it's giving?

qyron@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 185d

install.sh: 27: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Just like that.