How do I install drivers for a Canon LBP-2900 printer?
Solution 1
For the printer, there is a script that should help you do this with little effort - my source is here.
You need to download the script from the Canon Website (you will need to extract this archive). Running the script from a terminal is easy: sudo ./canonLBP_install.sh LBP2900
Solution 2
What did you do so far?
Setting up a LBP-Printer recently, I had to replug the USB after installing, and to restart ccpd.
Configure your printer in the browser: http://localhost:631/admin
Then, in a Shell, do:
sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd status
sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd restart
sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd status
Solution 3
For 11.10
I installed a Canon-LBP- printer on my sisters Ubuntu machine. It was a hard riddle, involving several downloads, unplugging and replugging the USB, and finally it printed, but refused to print after reboot.
There are two daemons to be started in /etc/init.d which were installed to automatically start, but sometimes, one of them, failed.
Do a
ps -c ccpd
to check, whether ccpd was started and is running, and if not
sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd restart
If it is running,
sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd status
which should show two port numbers. Afaik, I had to restart ccpd
sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd restart
to bring the printer back. In /var/log/cups/error_log you could find more informations about errors. The first character means:
- d debug
- i information
- w warning
- e error
with increasing severity to the bottom. Maybe you have to activate logging and increase the loglevel (direction up) to get more information.
Solution 4
For 13.10
Clean install the Ubuntu 13.10
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Download the drivers from the following link
(Remember that there are many other scrips also from radu (other versions) and other writers, which I have tried but none of that worked for me on Ubuntu 13.10)
Extract the files
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Follow the instruction in readme file or
Open terminal, CD to the folder where files are extracted run the command
$sudo ./canonLBP_install.sh LBP2900
(Replace the printer number of your printer LBPXXXX)
Open System Settings -> Printer -> set “LBP2900” printer as Default
Restart PC
Resources:
- Radu Cotescu for great Script http://radu.cotescu.com/how-to-install-canon-lbp-printers-in-ubuntu/
- Unixmen
- Raqa.net
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Vitaly Dyatlov over 1 year
I seen many times how people describe how to's about LBP-2900, and 10-12 steps from start to end of how to download, unpack, build driver, fix driver, make it work... Could be there some .deb package with ready-to-go driver for Ubuntu? This printer is very popular...
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Admin over 11 yearsSee also: How to make LBP-1120 Canon printer work?
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bain almost 10 years
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mini over 10 yearsI Done but it didn't work. It returned an error as same as this one.
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Hugolpz over 9 yearsThere have been some effort for an out-of-the-box script here : github.com/dkavraal/CanonCAPTdriver (CAPT 2.60)