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Recently upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04 and found that I can no longer print. Printer is Cannon MX330 via USB. Scanning via Document Scanning tool works fine.

Found a post - Canon MX490 Ubuntu 20.04 : printing problem Followed the instructions but still same issue, no printing but scanning works.

Has anyone seen similar and able to correct it.

Thanks Jas

JAS
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Printing is supported by printer-driver-gutenprint. It shouldn't be too difficult to set up a print queue from (say) localhost:631, as described here.

Also, ippusbxd is suboptimal. Although your Canon is too old to use it, it is probably best to keep it off your system.

Personally, I would do the following to set up a print queue:

lpinfo -m | grep MX330. This gives you a PPD to substitute. It begins gutenprint and ends with expert.

Now you need a URI. Use lpinfo -v and read the page given in the link above. Now substitute for the PPD and URI in lpadmin -p PRINTQ -v "URI" -E -m PPD. PRINTQ can be any name you want to give to the queue. How's that?

brian_p
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  • Appreciate the feedback and accessed CUPS interface - localhost:631/admin I can see the printer - under List of Available (Canon MX330) but haven't found a compatible "Model" that works. Several "Models" that I have tried seem to work - i.e. on the Printer LED it displays "Printing from PC" but never prints. – JAS Feb 19 '21 at 16:16
  • @JAS I have added to my answer. – brian_p Feb 19 '21 at 18:36
  • I needn't have bothered adding to my answer. There isn't any engagement. Typical askubuntu. Nobody learns. – brian_p Feb 21 '21 at 20:31
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This is what I did to get the Canon MX330 printing again under 20.04.

  1. At this link - https://canon-print.com/canon-pixma-mx330-driver-series-windows-mac-linux/

    Downloaded Linux - Debian Version 3.1

    This file - cnijfilter-mx330series-3.10-1-i386-deb.tar.gz saved to Downloads. Extract the file to folder cnijfilter-mx330series-3.10-1-i386-deb.

  2. At this link - https://launchpad.net/~michael-gruz/+archive/ubuntu/canon-trunk. This is PPA (Personal Package Archive) for Canon printers.

    Ran these commands:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon-trunk
sudo apt-get update

  3. This will complain about the repository not being secure. To correct this Modified the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

    Original file

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu focal main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu focal main

    Updated file

    # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu focal main
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu focal main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu trusty main

  4. Updated the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01-vendor-ubuntu added this line at the end:

    Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "true";

  5. Ran the previous "sudo" commands again. The following error noted on the "update" command:

    W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu trusty Release: The following signatures were invalid: 
84E550CD36EC35430A66AC5A03396E1C3F7B4A1D
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu trusty Release' is not signed.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

  6. Ran command

    sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp550series

  7. Then ran the install.sh located in the Directort Downloads/cnijfilter-mx330series-3.10-1-i386-deb

    sudo ./install.sh

    Execution command = sudo dpkg -iG ./packages/cnijfilter-common_3.10-1_i386.deb
dpkg: will not downgrade cnijfilter-common:i386 from 3.90-76~ubuntu14.04.1 to 3.10-1, skipping
Execution command = sudo dpkg -iG ./packages/cnijfilter-mx330series_3.10-1_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package cnijfilter-mx330series:i386.
(Reading database ... 227623 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../cnijfilter-mx330series_3.10-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 (3.10-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-mx330series:i386:
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 depends on libtiff4.
dpkg: error processing package cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 (--install):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

    Errors were encountered while processing:
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386
Execution command = sudo dpkg -P cnijfilter-common
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of cnijfilter-common:i386:
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 depends on cnijfilter-common (>= 3.10).
cnijfilter-mp550series:i386 depends on cnijfilter-common (>= 3.90).
dpkg: error processing package cnijfilter-common:i386 (--purge): dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
cnijfilter-common:i386

    Need to install cnijfilter-common

  8. sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-common

    Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree   
Reading state information... Done
cnijfilter-common:i386 is already the newest version (3.90-76~ubuntu14.04.1).
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 : Depends: libtiff4:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

  9. Ran fix-broken :

    sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 1,028 kB of archives.
After this operation, 502 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

    WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
cnijfilter-mx330series:i386
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/michael-gruz/canon-trunk/ubuntu trusty/main i386 cnijfilter-mx330series i386 3.90-76~ubuntu14.04.1 [1,028 kB]
Fetched 1,028 kB in 2s (567 kB/s)
    
(Reading database ... 227821 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../cnijfilter-mx330series_3.90-76~ubuntu14.04.1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 (3.90-76~ubuntu14.04.1) over (3.10-1) ...
Setting up cnijfilter-mx330series:i386 (3.90-76~ubuntu14.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.2) ...

  10. Finally go to the URL localhost:631 .

    • under Administration select FIND PRINTER
    • select Canon_MX330_series
    • select Canon
    • for model selected Canon MX330 series Ver.3.90
    • once added under MAINTENANCE selet PRINT TEST PAGE

  11. Clean up the repositories.

    • Remove the line - Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "true"; from /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01-vendor-ubuntu

    • Open SOFTWARE and UPDATES

    • select OTHER SOFTWARE

    • locate the "michael-gruz/canon-trunk" and click REMOVE, cache will be updated

    • optionally run apt-get update

karel
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