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Originally Posted by hazel (Post 6340897)

I hope you didn't take the "blabla" bit literally! That's just shorthand for the actual filename

I did take it literally.

Blame it on Linux

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho (Post 6341102)

You're being deliberately ignorant. That's inexcusable. Actually ignorant people aren't to blame - you are.

I am being an unintentional novice. No reason for me to play ignorant as I am keen to get my printer up and running.

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Originally Posted by linux-man (Post 6341107)

I am being an unintentional novice. No reason for me to play ignorant as I am keen to get my printer up and running.

Then you need to actually read & think about the help you are getting from us.
These commands are not magical incantations that will make everything good again. They need to be applied to your situation with a working brain.

There is ONE magical incantation though:

Code:

man

Use it often.

linux-man,

You may already have Gdebi Package Installer installed.
If not, then install it:

Code:

sudo apt install gdebi

Then as before:

Download cnijfilter2-5.90-1-deb.tar.gz from page 2 of:
https://www.canon.com.au/printers/pi...ts3360/support

Right click on the downloaded file and click on (c/o) Open with Archive Manager.

c/o Extract.
c/o Extract
c/o Close
c/o X.

c/o cnijfilter2-5.90-1-deb folder.

c/o packages and the required .deb file is cnijfilter2_5.90-1_amd64.deb.

Right click on cnijfilter2_5.90-1_amd64.deb and open with Gdebi Package Installer.

c/o Install package.

You will notice that under Details, libgcc1 is necessary and will also be installed via Gdebi.

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Originally Posted by ondoho (Post 6341102)

You're being deliberately ignorant. That's inexcusable. Actually ignorant people aren't to blame - you are.

We all come to LinuxQuestions.org for help not to be called ignorant or being personally attacked.

To be honest this problem occurs because of Canon.
The manufacturer is giving the customer an install wizard so it works out of the box on Microsoft. But it doesn't do that with Linux.

The manufacturer is not making its drivers open-source.

If the peripheral doesn't have 'Works seamlessly with ALL linux distros. Please buy this!' on the box - then don't buy it.
Vote with your feet. Linux-users unite!

On my Fedora system, lpinfo -m shows there are already 100 PIXMA models supported. If the TS-3360 isn't on the list, I would just pick one that's close and try it. Maybe every bell and whistle won't be supported.

To add a printer on most linux distros, just visit localhost:631

I have a Brother printer and I have never had any issues using their installation script for RPM or DEB.

Thanks smallpond! I did not know we could add printers from that address.

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Originally Posted by ceantuco (Post 6341265)

Thanks smallpond! I did not know we could add printers from that address.

It's the cups socket address. cups is quite good at scanning for printers. If it finds one, it will try to install it for you.

Thanks Hazel. I have been using Linux for years and i did not know that socket address existed. :)

Firstly, I'm glad this thread has remained on topic.

Please keep it there.

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Originally Posted by ondoho (Post 6341102)

You're being deliberately ignorant. That's inexcusable. Actually ignorant people aren't to blame - you are.

I fully agree with ceantuco that this comment is inappropriate and unhelpful. It violates several rules about personal attacks, interfering with the discussion in progress, and straying off topic. Please refrain from these behaviors moving forwards. Further discussion about this should be handled via the report system, PM's to me, or to Jeremy.

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Originally Posted by larstrier (Post 6341256)

If the peripheral doesn't have 'Works seamlessly with ALL linux distros. Please buy this!' on the box - then don't buy it.
Vote with your feet. Linux-users unite!

Which brands tend to work seamlessly with linux?

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Originally Posted by smallpond (Post 6341263)

On my Fedora system, lpinfo -m shows there are already 100 PIXMA models supported.

Do I type 'lpinfo -m' into terminal?
I got:

Code:

$lpinfo -m

lpinfo: Bad file descriptor

Quote:

Originally Posted by smallpond (Post 6341263)

To add a printer on most linux distros, just visit localhost:631

So do I copy and paste 'localhost:631' into browser url or somewhere else? I got:

Code:

Unable to connect



Your browser can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:631.

linux-man,

Have you tried opening cnijfilter2_5.90-1_amd64.deb with Gdebi as per post #19?

locating gdebi in list of apps in dolphin

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Originally Posted by beachboy2 (Post 6341653)

linux-man,

Have you tried opening cnijfilter2_5.90-1_amd64.deb with Gdebi as per post #19?

I right-clicked and can't seem to locate Gdebi in the application manager called 'Dolphin'. There is a list of applications to choose from in Dolphin.I don't where in that list Gdebi would be residing.

I tired:

Code:

sudo apt install gdebi

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

Reading state information... Done

gdebi is already the newest version (0.9.5.7+nmu5).

gdebi set to manually installed.

You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 cnijfilter2 : Depends: libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

I followed your similar post #12 and got:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter2_5.90-1_amd64.deb

[sudo] password for computer: 

Selecting previously unselected package cnijfilter2.

(Reading database ... 415424 files and directories currently installed.)

Preparing to unpack cnijfilter2_5.90-1_amd64.deb ...

Unpacking cnijfilter2 (5.90-1) ...

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cnijfilter2:

 cnijfilter2 depends on libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0); however:

  Package libcupsimage2 is not installed.



dpkg: error processing package cnijfilter2 (--install):

 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Errors were encountered while processing:

 cnijfilter2