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Please give a step by step guide for a rookie like me to setup canon 2900b printer on ubuntu 24.04. I tried to install drivers from canon support US, that didn't work. I also tried:

Details:

  • BRAND-CANON
  • Model-2900B
  • Connection- Via USB

So please give a step by step guide instead of discussion links if possible. It would help a lot of people like me to switch to linux. Thank You. i went to How to install Canon LBP2900 / 2900B printer on Ubuntu

  • download the setup.sh file

  • edited with text editor - edited directory in the file according to my location of /home/mahiraj/desktop/ (as given in properties section), then replaced the github links part with corrected link part given in ask ubuntu link under>script link> github>issues>replace download links. https://github.com/hieplpvip/ubuntu_canon_printer/issues/15

  • saved the changes and went to terminal to type the command for executable and run-

    chmod +x canon_lbp_setup.sh
./canon_lbp_setup.sh

  • pressed 1 for install

  • 4 for 2900

  • 1 via usb then turned on my printer's back switch

installation started but at the end the following packages were not found for installation as given in the image.

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First, add the i386 architecture.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update

Now install libpango with

sudo apt install libpango-1.0-0:i386

This package was renamed from libpango1.0-0:i386 to libpango-1.0-0:i386.

Now, download and run the installer (my fork, with fixed driver download links)

git clone https://github.com/archisman-panigrahi/ubuntu_canon_printer.git
cd ubuntu_canon_printer
chmod +x canon_lbp_setup.sh
./canon_lbp_setup.sh

Before run canon_lbp_setup.sh script, change libpango1.0-0 to libpango-1.0-0

If there are other missing packages, install them one by one, and run the installer again.

You may have to run the following, so that the computer finds the printer after restart.

sudo systemctl enable ccpd.service
sudo systemctl restart ccpd.service

To monitor the printer status, create a desktop file

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications && echo -e '[Desktop Entry]\nVersion=1.0\nName=Canon LBP6020\nComment=Canon CAPT Printer Status Monitor\nExec=captstatusui -P LBP6020\nTerminal=false\nType=Application\nIcon=/usr/share/icons/Yaru/256x256/devices/printer.png' > ~/.local/share/applications/canon-lbp6020.desktop && chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/canon-lbp6020.desktop

Now, copy-paste it to autostart directory so that the printer is added automatically after restart.

mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart && cp ~/.local/share/applications/canon-lbp6020.desktop ~/.config/autostart/canon-lbp6020.desktop

Source: https://github.com/hieplpvip/ubuntu_canon_printer/issues/24

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