Hello there again, wonderful Linux world! Still learning/loving/experiencing Linux...
("Please bear with me, as I am a bit of a computer "dummy" overall...)
A little issue I came across with printing: "PRINTER PROPERTIES" INTERFACE ON MY LINUX MACHINE LACKS OPTIONS COMPARED TO MY OLD WINDOWS MACHINE.
I am attaching a screenshot of both side-by-side (accessing my Linux machine from Windows PC by RDP).

SO - is this a problem with the driver? Is it just that Cannon's Linux driver is not as good as their Windows one? Or is it something else?
Printer is a network printer, it is Cannon Image Runner Advanced (an advanced multi-function center, serious machine for desktop publishing)
Model IR-ADV C5235/5240 PCL 5c


What I did is added the network printer, and it worked out, I can print now. (Mind you, there I might have missed something - searching for the network printer, I entered its local IP address.
It gave me a few options under same IP address, with different ports and other descriptions, so I picked what I understood (Port1). It all worked out, but hopefully, it was the right thing to do ...)
Before I started, I actually found the drivers on Canon website and downloaded; went to install the .deb packages that came with it (three in all) - but for each one, got message from package messenger that it is already installed (which is great, should have just trusted that Linux already took care of it for me).
It prints and all, but, as I said, the interface is lacking a bit.

Can anyone help? Thanks a lot!!

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This seems to be a duplicate of https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...er-4175620662/

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Yes, it is fairly typical that the vendor-supplied Linux driver options (usually defined by the PPD in /etc/cups/ppd/) are often more limited than their Windows driver counterparts. That's a vendor decision that you either need to accept, or take up with them. It looks like you have a reasonable range of options for 'typical user' printing requirements though.

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