After upgrading from Ubuntu 13.10 to Ubuntu 14.04 my Canon CAPT printer LBP6200d does not work, even though I reinstalled the drivers manually. What changed? Is there a bug?
I tried the troubleshooting steps. The status monitor works (see output below). I then tried verifying the existence of /var/ccpd/fifo0. It said it could not find directory or file. I then tried to manually install it as suggested. It said the file existed. Printer still does not print. Output following
$ sudo ccpdadmin -p LBP6200 -o /dev/usb/lp0 CUPS_ConfigPath = /etc/cups/ LOG Path = None UI Port = 59787 Entry Num : Spooler : Backend : FIFO path : Device Path : Status ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [0] : LBP6200 : ccp : //localhost:59787 : /dev/usb/lp0 : Modified
$ ls -l /var/ccpd
ls: Zugriff auf /var/ccpd nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
$ sudo mkdir /var/ccpd
mkdir: das Verzeichnis »/var/ccpd“ kann nicht angelegt werden: Die Datei existiert bereits
$ sudo mkfifo /var/ccpd/fifo0
$ sudo chown -R lp:lp /var/ccpd
$ sudo ccpdadmin -p LBP6200 -o /dev/usb/lp0 CUPS_ConfigPath = /etc/cups/ LOG Path = None UI Port = 59787 Entry Num : Spooler : Backend : FIFO path : Device Path : Status ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [0] : LBP6200 : ccp : //localhost:59787 : /dev/usb/lp0 : Modified 1 Answer
Your printer can work under linux but it's not the easiest to configure. There's a nice article regarding compatibility with some specific ubuntu tricks here:
and official ubuntu documentation here
If this doesn't work for you try the open-source foo2cap driver available here
Neither of these specifically mentions 14.04 so please report back with your results.
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