Ubuntu – Install printer Canon MP280 on ubuntu 20.04

20.04canondriverslibtiffprinting

I am trying to install my Canon MP280 printer to my recently upgraded Ubuntu focal 20.04. This printer worked out-of-the-box with Ubuntu 18.04 on same hardware (HP Folio 1040), so I am surprised to find it does not work quite so well.

I've tried two paths:

  1. system-config-printer: This leads me to either install a generic
    text-only driver, or a list of non-matching Canon printers. Either way I cannot actually print anything.

  2. install proprietary driver as described here. This ultimately fails due to a dependency to an arcane version of libtiff4 whereas libtiff5 is the only available on 20.04.

Did Ubuntu leave my printer behind?

install printer

printer detected

gutenberg driver recommended

list of supported printers

Best Answer

To resolve:

sudo apt install printer-driver-gutenprint
system-config-printer
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