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I have tried to add a printer in CUPS, however, there were no Canon MP210 drivers. The manufacturer does not provide any LINUX drivers. Also, I tried this on bash:

(base)###:~$ sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:thierry-f/fork-michael-gruz
(base)###:~$ sudo apt update

However, I've encountered errors like:

E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon/ubuntu focal Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

And then I could not install the driver:

(base)###:~$ sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp210series
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package cnijfilter-mp210series

Please give me any suggestions, I have lost hope... Do you think a virtual box (Windows install) would be the best thing to do?

P.S. However, when I had Linux Mint distro everything worked fine

Linas
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I have solved the problem by installing package printer-driver-gutenprint.

This package has the majority of the older printer drivers.

  1. Go to the terminal and run the following command:

     sudo apt install printer-driver-gutenprint`
    
  2. Go to the System Settings -> Printers panel, and remove the printer if it is already configured.

  3. Add the printer. You can see the Gutenprint driver is being used after the "Model" label:

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karel
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Linas
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Try this:

Download this package:

https://launchpad.net/~thierry-f/+archive/ubuntu/fork-michael-gruz/+files/cnijfilter2_5.90-1+2004+1ubuntu1_amd64.deb

Assuming it was downloaded at ~/Downloads

To install it run in a terminal:

cd ~/downloads
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter2_5.90-1+2004+1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo apt -f install
kyodake
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  • Thank you! I did what you told me and, however, the system finds neither MP210 nor MP220 (no MP series at all) drivers. Though I can see that the drivers' list became bigger. Where did you find those deb files? Do you know how to create them? Do you have any further suggestions? – Linas Sep 20 '20 at 11:48
  • @Linas: Here --- https://launchpad.net/~thierry-f/+archive/ubuntu/fork-michael-gruz/ – kyodake Sep 20 '20 at 13:33