Canon drivers for ubuntu and linux mint july 7, 2013 in this tutorial i’ll show you how to install official drivers of commonly used canon printers on ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04, and linux mint.. The canon capt printer driver is split into two packages: cndrvcups-capt and cndrvcups-common available from the canon printer driver ppa. as of may 2011, this ppa contains 2.20 version of the canon drivers, build for i386 and amd64 on lucid, maverick and natty.. Canon ij printer, scangear mp drivers for ubuntu 18.04, 18.10 october 28, 2018 — leave a comment for those looking for canon ij or scangear mp drivers, there are now .deb packages for ubuntu 18.04, ubuntu 18.10, and also ubuntu 16.04 via ppa..
I find the official canon driver (ppd) + cups-bjnp gives the best of the printer currently. for the scanner, i use the canon software, which works fine except that it saves data in huge png files, so a small conversion script (to jpeg or pdf) is necessary.. Needs retesting. the following printers were tested on ubuntu versions that have since reached eol*. they need tested on a currently supported version of ubuntu.. Linux printers - read through linux user reviews and add your own printer review. manufacturer-specific installation many of these printer manufacturers require non-free drivers or plug-ins. hp has the largest selection of free software compatible printers..
