Lubuntu 16.10 - Adding printer

[NZSi]

Hello - I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but after hours trying to connect my printer, I need some help!

I've just installed Lubuntu 16.10. It seems to be operating pretty well. Now I want to add my printer, a Canon PIXMA MG6660 and I just can't work out how to do this. This is frustrating because I have previously managed to run this printer from a computer running Ubuntu 14.04 and none of the advice I've found via Google has helped. I only need the printer to print. I don't need it to scan.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Rex Bouwense]

Welcome to the LXDE forum. Quick and easy question, do you have CUPS installed?

[NZSi]

Hi Rex

I don't think CUPS is installed. I checked through the installed software using 'Software'. The only thing I found that seemed related to printing was 'Printer' (v.1.5.7+20160812-Oubuntu1). I couldn't find software called CUPS or any mention of the Common Unix Printing System. Should I use another way to check for CUPS? If so, please tell me how?

[drooly]

you need cups.
cups is available on *buntu, and on EVERY linux distro afaik.
if you can't install or find cups, you're in trouble.
maybe you have no repositories at all?
please open a terminal. enter the following commands:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

and post the COMPLETE output here, in code tags.

[NZSi]

Hi drooly

Thanks for your help. Here's the complete output ...

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simon@simon-X450EA:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for simon: 
Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety InRelease [247 kB]
Get:2 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates InRelease [93.3 kB]  
Hit:3 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports InRelease          
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security InRelease [92.2 kB]   
Ign:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety InRelease      
Ign:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety Release
Get:7 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main amd64 Packages [10.9 kB]
Get:8 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main i386 Packages [10.1 kB]
Get:9 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main Translation-en [7,408 B]
Get:10 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe amd64 Packages [11.2 kB]
Get:11 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe i386 Packages [11.2 kB]
Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all Packages
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main i386 Packages [6,108 B]
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en_NZ
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main amd64 Packages [6,884 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main Translation-en [5,100 B]
Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all Packages
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en
Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all DEP-11 Metadata
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Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
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Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all Packages
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en_NZ
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Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all DEP-11 Metadata
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Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all Packages
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en_NZ
Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en
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Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
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Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all Packages
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Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Err:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
Ign:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all Packages
Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en_NZ
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Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main all DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Fetched 501 kB in 15s (32.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu yakkety Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/inameiname/stable/ubuntu/dists/yakkety/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
simon@simon-X450EA:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-signed-generic
  linux-signed-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  distro-info-data
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,996 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main amd64 distro-info-data all 0.29ubuntu0.1 [3,996 B]
Fetched 3,996 B in 0s (27.3 kB/s)           
(Reading database ... 112184 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../distro-info-data_0.29ubuntu0.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking distro-info-data (0.29ubuntu0.1) over (0.29) ...
Setting up distro-info-data (0.29ubuntu0.1) ...
simon@simon-X450EA:~$

[drooly]

looks ok to me.
i don't know what "inameiname" is, and there just seems to be too many sources, but that's just ubuntu i guess (which i loathe).

anyhow, cups is available for yakkety:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywo ... ection=all

now try

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sudo apt-get install cups

and if you post the output again, use code tags!!!

[NZSi]

Thanks drooly. I ran the sudo commands. Here's the output - I'm sorry I don't know how to use code tags:

simon@simon-X450EA:~$ sudo apt-get install cups
[sudo] password for simon:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
cups is already the newest version (2.2.0-2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

So it seems cups is already installed.

I downloaded the IJ Printer Driver Ver. 5.00 for Linux (debian Packagearchive) from the Canon website - https://www.canon.co.nz/printers/pixma- ... on=drivers - and then tried to follow the instructions in the Canon manual 'IJ Printer Driver Ver. 5.00 for Linux (Operation guide)
For Linux Updated' for Ubuntu 14.04 but the command didn't work (the manual's at https://www.canon.co.nz/printers/pixma- ... on=manuals)

simon@simon-X450EA:~$ tar zxvf cnijfilter2-5.00-x-deb.tar.gz
tar (child): cnijfilter2-5.00-x-deb.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

There was also a package and instructions for ScanGear MP Ver. 3.00 for Linux (debian Packagearchive) For Linux Updated. Should I try this one or something else?

[NZSi]

Hi drooly and Rex

Eureka! Thanks for your help - I really appreciate the time you've given me. I kept trying things and have now got my printer working. I found that there was an installer as part of the driver package I downloaded from the Canon website and this worked fine. Now that I've done it, I wonder why it took me so long to figure this out!

Regards
Simon

[Rex Bouwense]

Glad you got it worked out.