canon printer mg5450 and mint 17.1
running mint 17.1 on Acer 9300 laptop and have on our network a canon MG5450. The printer has been recognised and installed; however, when asked to print it says "processing-please wait momentarily". That's as far as it gets, no printing, no print queue, nothing. Any ideas anyone?
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You don't say what printer driver you're using. You can give this one a try if it's not what you have already.
jdk |
Hi jdkaye,
downloaded the canon drivers for printing and scanning. But what to do next? tried using some commands (that some one gave me) on a terminal, but that is not working; peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~ $ cd Downloads peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~/Downloads $ tar --zxvf cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb.tar.gz tar: unrecognised option '--zxvf' Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information. peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~/Downloads $ suggestions appreciated. Cheers Peter |
Only one hyphen before the options (in fact you can leave out the hyphen altogether):
Code:
tar -zxvf *name of file*.tar.gz Code:
sudo dpkg -i *name of package*.deb |
I hadn't noticed my typo, tried again and something appears to have happened, but still no printing! See below;
peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~ $ cd Downloads peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~/Downloads $ tar -zxvf cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb.tar.gz cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/ cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/packages/ cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/packages/cnijfilter-mg5400series_3.80-1_amd64.deb cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/packages/cnijfilter-mg5400series_3.80-1_i386.deb cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/packages/cnijfilter-common_3.80-1_i386.deb cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/packages/cnijfilter-common_3.80-1_amd64.deb cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/resources/ cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/resources/printer_zh_utf8.lc cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/resources/printer_ja_utf8.lc cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/resources/printer_fr_utf8.lc cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb/install.sh peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~/Downloads $ cd cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~/Downloads/cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb $ ./install.sh [sudo] password for peter: ================================================== Canon Inkjet Printer Driver Version 3.80 Copyright CANON INC. 2001-2012 All Rights Reserved. ================================================== Command executed = sudo dpkg -iG ./packages/cnijfilter-common_3.80-1_i386.deb Selecting previously unselected package cnijfilter-common. (Reading database ... 160669 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../cnijfilter-common_3.80-1_i386.deb ... Unpacking cnijfilter-common (3.80-1) ... Setting up cnijfilter-common (3.80-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.4) ... Command executed = sudo dpkg -iG ./packages/cnijfilter-mg5400series_3.80-1_i386.deb Selecting previously unselected package cnijfilter-mg5400series. (Reading database ... 160687 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../cnijfilter-mg5400series_3.80-1_i386.deb ... Unpacking cnijfilter-mg5400series (3.80-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-mg5400series: cnijfilter-mg5400series depends on libtiff4; however: Package libtiff4 is not installed. dpkg: error processing package cnijfilter-mg5400series (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: cnijfilter-mg5400series Command executed = sudo dpkg -P cnijfilter-mg5400series (Reading database ... 160877 files and directories currently installed.) Removing cnijfilter-mg5400series (3.80-1) ... Purging configuration files for cnijfilter-mg5400series (3.80-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.4) ... Command executed = sudo dpkg -P cnijfilter-common (Reading database ... 160686 files and directories currently installed.) Removing cnijfilter-common (3.80-1) ... Purging configuration files for cnijfilter-common (3.80-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.4) ... peter@peter-Aspire-9300 ~/Downloads/cnijfilter-mg5400series-3.80-1-deb $ the question is, has it installed? If it has, why no print? |
Pay attention to the error(s) reported. You need libtiff4
Code:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter-mg5400series: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=172255 |
Yes, I actually read what was on the terminal and got and installed libtiff4. It now works! Thanks guys
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jdk |
Not quite solved.Yes, I can print from my laptop. I have put in the scanning software "scangearmp", and I know it is in because the software manager tells me so, but have not yet found a scanning capability. Presumably, there should be some sort of Canon scanning control panel? Simple scan is also installed and that does not recognise the printer as a scanner.
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For Canon scanners using the proprietary drivers, you need to use the ScanGear MP utility. Launch it via a terminal
with Code:
scangearmp It is also possible to create a menu launcher as described here: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1580 |
I thought I had launched scangearmp via a terminal, but never mind the Gimp option is fine. Can now be marked solved! Thanks for all help.
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