Ubuntu 14.04 cannot get printing to either Canon LBP3300 or Canon MG5460

Question

Newbie here.

Both my Canon LBP3300 and (wireless) MG5460 printers work on my network form Windows. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a desktop, went to Canon and downloaded the Linux driver package (cndrvcups-common_2.80-1_i386.deb) and installed it. The MG5460 was "seen" as a netwrok printer so I added it and it looked successful. When I tried to print a test page, the printer display showed that it was receiving data but then nothing. Ubuntu displayed "Idle - Waiting for job to complete.."

I have deleted the printer and re-installed several times with the same result.

If I could get printing to work I would seriously consider migrating to Ubuntu as it does everything else I need.

Cheers, Stephen Hicks

Did you follow the instructions on this web site? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CanonCaptDrv190?action=show&redirect=CanonCaptPrinterDriver#diagnostics: Apparently the LPB3300 is Linux compatible but according to the chart it was last tested on 12.04. — Rex, May 07 '14 at 00:52
I tried to do this but the download page for CUPs 2.4 is missing — user278815, May 10 '14 at 02:20
If I try and install CUPs 2.4 do I have to uninstall CUPs 2.8 first? If so, how do I uninstall CUPS? — user278815, May 10 '14 at 13:38
@user278815 - have you solved this problem? If so, you may want to add an answer explaining what you did. — Nathaniel Bubis, May 28 '14 at 06:16
possible duplicate of Can't get my Canon LBP printer to run under Ubuntu 14.04 — bain, Jun 14 '15 at 10:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 14 '15 at 08:21

Downloading and installing driver software for this printer from the Canon site resulted in an unmet dependency on libtiff4 during the install. I found the key to get the MG5460 working wirelessly on 14.04 under Dependency is not satisfiable: libtiff4 when trying to install Lightworks on Ubuntu 14.04.

So…

Manually install libtiff4 for 14.04 as prescribed in the answer on that post.
Download the install for the printer from the Canon site. (At time of writing, this was titled 'MG5400 series IJ Printer Driver Ver. 3.80 for Linux (debian Packagearchive)'
Unzip and run the installation for the Canon driver.
```
tar -xzf cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb.tar.gz
cd cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb
sudo ./install.sh
```
Provided all other dependencies are met, the installation also asks all the necessary questions to setup the printer over WiFi.

Immediately after installation, I was able to print.

Ubuntu 14.04 cannot get printing to either Canon LBP3300 or Canon MG5460

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