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I have tried installing capt drivers(v2.71) from official canon page. Somehow it doesn't work. Anyone found any way/solutions (either official or unofficial) to make this printer work in Zesty?

Edwin PJ
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so there are 4 steps: 1) install drivers 2) Register the printer (PPD) with the print spooler 3) Register the printer in the ccpd daemon setup file. 4) Start ccpd daemon

I wonder if you did all those; would you like detailed instructions? and what does dpkg -l cndrvcups* give in a terminal please; if you can copy and paste back what you get in the terminal please

1) if we assume the drivers got installed ... then ..if you copy this next command and paste into a terminal: open the terminal with three keys control, alt and t held down ... and to paste, right-click at the text prompt and look for PASTE in the menu that appears .....

2)Register the printer sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p LBP2900 -P /usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP2900CAPTK.ppd -v ccp://localhost:59787 -E

3) Register the printer in the ccpd daemon setup file .. this assumes you have only one printer; the LBP2900 connected by usb cable ..sudo /usr/sbin/ccpdadmin -p LBP2900 -o /dev/usb/lp0

4) Start ccpd daemon sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd start

...... you should now be able to print ........

pdc
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  • Thanks very much! That worked! Atlast...... it worked... the printer worked!!! – Edwin PJ Jul 09 '17 at 02:32
  • that's great Edwin; if you turn the computer off, you need to open the terminal, and issue that last command: if you press the up arrow key on your keyboard, it should bring that command up for you to run sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd start .. I will look for the automate trick but I will post this comment for the meanwhile; many thanks for letting us know it works – pdc Jul 09 '17 at 07:44