Ubuntu – Can’t configure Canon LBP2900b printer in 20.04

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I cannot configure my Canon lbp2900b printer in Ubuntu 20.04. I have a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04, and it is working fine in Windows 10. When I turn on the printer in Ubuntu it is showing Configuring printer please wait... and after some time it is showing Printer added Canon lbp2900, but when I print a test page it's showing Printing test page and then it is showing Printing completed but there is no response from the printer.

I installed the driver for linux_64 from the official Canon website.

Results of lpinfo -v :

file cups-brf:/
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
network https
network beh
direct ccp
direct hp
network ipps
network http
network ipp
network socket
network lpd
direct hpfax

and the command systemctl list-units "ippusbxd" | grep service shows nothing.

Best Answer

The printer unfortunately does not work out of the box, you need to manually install some dependencies and then add it as "Canon Capt" source.

There is a fully automated installation script:

--> https://github.com/hieplpvip/ubuntu_canon_printer

If you prefer a manual installation, here are the ...

Basic steps for manual installation:

  • Install the Debian/64bit drivers from the canon webpage

  • Enable multiarch

    dpkg --add-architecture i386

  • Install 32-bit dependencies

    apt-get update
apt-get install libstdc++6:i386 libxml2:i386 zlib1g:i386 libpopt0:i386

  • Add the printer:

    lpadmin -p LBP2900b -m /usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP2900BCAPTK.ppd -v ccp://localhost:59687
ccpdadmin -p LBP200b -o /dev/usb/lp0

Adjust the path to the ppd-file if necessary.

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