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I cannot configure my Canon lbp2900b printer in Ubuntu 20.04. I have a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04, and it is working fine in Windows 10. When I turn on the printer in Ubuntu it is showing Configuring printer please wait... and after some time it is showing Printer added Canon lbp2900, but when I print a test page it's showing Printing test page and then it is showing Printing completed but there is no response from the printer.

I installed the driver for linux_64 from the official Canon website.

Results of lpinfo -v :

file cups-brf:/
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
network https
network beh
direct ccp
direct hp
network ipps
network http
network ipp
network socket
network lpd
direct hpfax

and the command systemctl list-units "ippusbxd" | grep service shows nothing.

karel
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The printer unfortunately does not work out of the box, you need to manually install some dependencies and then add it as "Canon Capt" source.

There is a fully automated installation script:

--> https://github.com/hieplpvip/ubuntu_canon_printer

If you prefer a manual installation, here are the ...

Basic steps for manual installation:

  • Install the Debian/64bit drivers from the canon webpage

  • Enable multiarch

    dpkg --add-architecture i386

  • Install 32-bit dependencies

    apt-get update
apt-get install libstdc++6:i386 libxml2:i386 zlib1g:i386 libpopt0:i386

  • Add the printer:

    lpadmin -p LBP2900b -m /usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP2900BCAPTK.ppd -v ccp://localhost:59687
ccpdadmin -p LBP200b -o /dev/usb/lp0

Adjust the path to the ppd-file if necessary.

See also:

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