Not Able to Detect Printer Over Network
by larrytheleopard from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4X3DZ)
I've got an old Acer Chromebook running Fedora 31 and I'm trying to hook it up to the printer I was given for Christmas. It's a Canon Pixma TS3122 which is, unfortunately, not supported by Canon for Linux OS. I found the necessary driver (cnijfilter2-5.50-1-rpm) on canon-print.com and managed to execute the "sudo bash install.sh" command so that the driver was initiated in the terminal. Furthermore, when asked to set up via network or USB, I was able to get the printer to work though my USB cable. However, I could not get it to detect my printer over the network, despite the fact that I was successfully connected to it over wifi (called Canon_IJ_somethingsomething...). Below is the simplified output from my attempts:
[jameson@localhost cnijfilter2-5.50-1-rpm]$ sudo bash install.sh
==================================================
Canon Inkjet Printer Driver
Version 5.50
Copyright CANON INC. 2001-2017
==================================================
Command executed = rpm --test -U ./packages/cnijfilter2-5.50-1.x86_64.rpm
package cnijfilter2-5.50-1.x86_64 is already installed
#=========================================================#
# Register Printer
#=========================================================#
Next, register the printer to the computer.
Connect the printer, and then turn on the power.
To use the printer on the network, connect the printer to the network.
When the printer is ready, press the Enter key.
>
#=========================================================#
# Connection Method
#=========================================================#
1) USB
2) Network
Select the connection method.[1]2
Searching for printers...
#=========================================================#
# Select Printer
#=========================================================#
Select the printer.
If the printer you want to use is not listed, select Update [0] to search again.
To cancel the process, enter [Q].
I assume I'm connected to the network (if that means the wifi connection in the network manager) but I can't get this driver to detect it. I'm at the exact same impasse with my MX Linux (.deb) driver, where USB works but no network. This tells me I'm just missing some step. Any help would be appreciated!
[jameson@localhost cnijfilter2-5.50-1-rpm]$ sudo bash install.sh
==================================================
Canon Inkjet Printer Driver
Version 5.50
Copyright CANON INC. 2001-2017
==================================================
Command executed = rpm --test -U ./packages/cnijfilter2-5.50-1.x86_64.rpm
package cnijfilter2-5.50-1.x86_64 is already installed
#=========================================================#
# Register Printer
#=========================================================#
Next, register the printer to the computer.
Connect the printer, and then turn on the power.
To use the printer on the network, connect the printer to the network.
When the printer is ready, press the Enter key.
>
#=========================================================#
# Connection Method
#=========================================================#
1) USB
2) Network
Select the connection method.[1]2
Searching for printers...
#=========================================================#
# Select Printer
#=========================================================#
Select the printer.
If the printer you want to use is not listed, select Update [0] to search again.
To cancel the process, enter [Q].
I assume I'm connected to the network (if that means the wifi connection in the network manager) but I can't get this driver to detect it. I'm at the exact same impasse with my MX Linux (.deb) driver, where USB works but no network. This tells me I'm just missing some step. Any help would be appreciated!