Setting up my canon mx922 all-in-one

[jpjones55]

Hello all. I'm trying to use Kubuntu 22.04. Now I've read and tried all the different setup scenarios on these forums and nothing is working. Albeit that these setup scenarios are like 5 or 6 years old. Does anyone have a more recent set of instructions to guide me along to set this printer up before I move on to another OS? I really like ubuntu but if I can't use this printer, then what's the point?

My machine is an older Samsung RC512, about 11-12 years old, but still runs fine, with a 600gb hd and maxed out at 8bg ram.

So, any advise or suggestions will be appreciated.

John Paul

[brian_p]

Hello all. I'm trying to use Kubuntu 22.04. Now I've read and tried all the different setup scenarios on these forums and nothing is working. Albeit that these setup scenarios are like 5 or 6 years old. Does anyone have a more recent set of instructions to guide me along to set this printer up before I move on to another OS? I really like ubuntu but if I can't use this printer, then what's the point?

My machine is an older Samsung RC512, about 11-12 years old, but still runs fine, with a 600gb hd and maxed out at 8bg ram.

So, any advise or suggestions will be appreciated.

John Paul

USB? Wireless?

Give
avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp

driverless

lpstat -t

[jpjones55]

USB? Wireless?

Wireless.

avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp returns:

ohn@john-RC512:~$ avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
+ wlp1s0 IPv4 Canon MX920 series Internet Printer local
= wlp1s0 IPv4 Canon MX920 series Internet Printer local
hostname = [3DA251000000.local]
address = [192.168.1.162]
port = [631]
txt = ["mac=F4:A9:97:3D:A2:51" "Fax=F" "Scan=T" "Duplex=T" "Color=T" "URF=V1.2,CP1,PQ4-5,RS600,SRGB24,W8,OB
9,OFU0,DM3,IS11-13" "UUID=00000000-0000-1000-8000-F4A9973DA251" "usb_CMD=URF" "usb_MDL=MX920 series" "usb_MFG=
Canon" "adminurl=http://3DA251000000.local./mainmenu.html" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/urf,image/jpeg"
"product=(Canon MX920 series)" "ty=Canon MX920 series" "priority=15" "qtotal=1" "note=" "rp=ipp/print" "txtve
rs=1"]

avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp returns"

john@john-RC512:~$ avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp
john@john-RC512:~$


driverless returns:

john@john-RC512:~$ driverless
ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/


lpstat -t returns:

john@john-RC512:~$ lpstat -t
scheduler is running
no system default destination
lpstat: No destinations added.
lpstat: No destinations added.
lpstat: No destinations added.
lpstat: No destinations added.


So what were we checking here?

Thanks
john

[brian_p]

Wireless.

So what were we checking here?



The output for the first command shows the printer is v1.2 AirPrint-capable. It should be auto-setup but the foutth command shows that hasn't happened. Let's try a manual setup. Execute


lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere

Test printing with


lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf

[jpjones55]

Thanks Brian. I was going to re-install kubuntu to have a clean slate to work on, but I put the xubuntu usb in, but It should be the same difference, right? x wouldn't finish the installation correctly for some reason, so I just re-installed k.

I'll try all these commands again once it's installed. Oh, and what about the drivers everyone says you have to install, like from the canon asia site and all? or we're doing first things first?

John

[jpjones55]

lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere

no output


Test printing with


lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf

output:
request id is mx922-1 (1 file(s))

But no test print.
Printer is listed in printers - system setting, but has an error after trying to send a test print:

MX922
in use - "unable to locate printer 3DA251000000.local"


John

[brian_p]

lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere

no output

That's OK. The command completed successfully.



MX922
in use - "unable to locate printer 3DA251000000.local"

This looks like a network error. The previous avahi-browse command found the printer easily enough. Try
nmap 3DA251000000.local

[jpjones55]

Here's the result of that:


john@john-RC512:~$ nmap 3DA251000000.local
Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-05-17 11:15 EDT
Failed to resolve "3DA251000000.local".
WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned.
Nmap done: 0 IP addresses (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.15 seconds

[jpjones55]

Brian, do I need to install any of those mx920 series drivers?

Thanks,
john

[brian_p]

Hello John,

You also reran
avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp


Failed to resolve "3DA251000000.local"

Is libnss-mdns installed?
dpkg -l libnss-mdns

[brian_p]

Brian, do I need to install any of those mx920 series drivers?

Thanks,
john

The Canon drivers are not needed with an AirPrint device.

[jpjones55]

here's those results"


john@john-RC512:~$ avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
+ wlp1s0 IPv4 Canon MX920 series Internet Printer local
= wlp1s0 IPv4 Canon MX920 series Internet Printer local
hostname = [3DA251000000.local]
address = [192.168.1.162]
port = [631]
txt = ["mac=F4:A9:97:3D:A2:51" "Fax=F" "Scan=T" "Duplex=T" "Color=T" "URF=V1.2,CP1,PQ4-5,RS600,SRGB24,W8,OB
9,OFU0,DM3,IS11-13" "UUID=00000000-0000-1000-8000-F4A9973DA251" "usb_CMD=URF" "usb_MDL=MX920 series" "usb_MFG=
Canon" "adminurl=http://3DA251000000.local./mainmenu.html" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/urf,image/jpeg"
"product=(Canon MX920 series)" "ty=Canon MX920 series" "priority=15" "qtotal=1" "note=" "rp=ipp/print" "txtve
rs=1"]
john@john-RC512:~$ dpkg -l libnss-mdns
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=================-===============-============-============================================
ii libnss-mdns:amd64 0.15.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution
john@john-RC512:~$

[brian_p]

here's those results"


john@john-RC512:~$ avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp
+ wlp1s0 IPv4 Canon MX920 series Internet Printer local
= wlp1s0 IPv4 Canon MX920 series Internet Printer local
hostname = [3DA251000000.local]
address = [192.168.1.162]
port = [631]
txt = ["mac=F4:A9:97:3D:A2:51" "Fax=F" "Scan=T" "Duplex=T" "Color=T" "URF=V1.2,CP1,PQ4-5,RS600,SRGB24,W8,OB
9,OFU0,DM3,IS11-13" "UUID=00000000-0000-1000-8000-F4A9973DA251" "usb_CMD=URF" "usb_MDL=MX920 series" "usb_MFG=
Canon" "adminurl=http://3DA251000000.local./mainmenu.html" "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/urf,image/jpeg"
"product=(Canon MX920 series)" "ty=Canon MX920 series" "priority=15" "qtotal=1" "note=" "rp=ipp/print" "txtve
rs=1"]
john@john-RC512:~$ dpkg -l libnss-mdns
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=================-===============-============-============================================
ii libnss-mdns:amd64 0.15.1-1ubuntu1 amd64 NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution
john@john-RC512:~$



There you are:
hostname = [3DA251000000.local]

resolves to


address = [192.168.1.162]

In other words, 3DA251000000.local is equivalent to 192.168.1.162.

Let us change the lpadmin command to


lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://192.168.1.162/ipp/print -E -m everywhere

No resolution is involved because the IP address is given.

Print as before:


lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf

[jpjones55]

Brian it still won't print the test page


john@john-RC512:~$ lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://192.168.1.162/ipp/print -E -m everywhere
lpadmin: Success
john@john-RC512:~$ lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is mx922-6 (1 file(s))
john@john-RC512:~$

[brian_p]

Both commands complete.

Sorry, I have nothing more to give to help easily towards a solution.

[jpjones55]

ok, I thank you for your help

John

[brian_p]

ok, I thank you for your help

John

The two commands we have used are as basic as it gets. Let's see if a debugging technique is of use:


sudo cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd -m printer/foo -e /etc/nssitch > out.urf 2> log.txt

Post log.txt. You may view it with
less log.txt.

[jpjones55]

Thanks Brian. Well, I'm installing xubuntu right now. Had to fix some stuff on my win10 machine so I could burn the iso. I use poweriso and something corrupted it, had to uninstall reboot reinstall and finally it worked again correctly,. Once xubuntu is installed I'll re run all the commands you listed and see what happens and definitely let you know what's happening.

john

[jpjones55]

here's the contents of the log.txt file:


cupsfilter: Unable to open PPD file: Unable to open PPD file on line 0.
cupsfilter: Unable to determine MIME type of "/etc/nssitch".
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[brian_p]

here's the contents of the log.txt file:

cupsfilter: Unable to open PPD file: Unable to open PPD file on line 0.
cupsfilter: Unable to determine MIME type of "/etc/nssitch".

Does /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd exist?


ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd/

One of the previous lpadmin commands has to be used to create it.

I made a typo. nssitch should be nsswitch..

[jpjones55]

Does /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd exist?


ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd/

Returns:john@john-RC512:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd/
ls: cannot access '/etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd/': No such file or directory

[brian_p]

I appear to have intoduced some typos :(. We'll start again.

Set up a print queue as before:
lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere

Test printing with

lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf

If that does not work, do


sudo cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch.conf > out.urf 2> log.txt

and post log.txt.

Check existance of the PPD with
ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd

[jpjones55]

Here's the output of those commands:
john@john-RC512:~$ lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere
john@john-RC512:~$ lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is mx922-12 (1 file(s))
john@john-RC512:~$ sudo cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch.conf > out.urf 2
> log.txt
[sudo] password for john:
Segmentation fault
john@john-RC512:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd
ls: cannot access '/etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd': No such file or directory
john@john-RC512:~$

Thanks, man
john

[jpjones55]

I have to go to the dr's office. be back in a couple of hours.

thanks,
john

[brian_p]

Here's the output of those commands:
john@john-RC512:~$ lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere
john@john-RC512:~$ lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is mx922-12 (1 file(s))
john@john-RC512:~$ sudo cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch.conf > out.urf 2
> log.txt
[sudo] password for john:
Segmentation fault
john@john-RC512:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd
ls: cannot access '/etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd': No such file or directory
john@john-RC512:~$

Thanks, man
john


I am stumped! The lpadmin command completes without error so it should have generated mx922.ppd. What about
ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/

[jpjones55]

john@john-RC512:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/
total 0

[brian_p]

john@john-RC512:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/
total 0





In the light of what we had before, this makes sense. But it should not happen.

Please run this command:


driverless cat ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ > mx922.ppd

Give
ls -l mx922.ppd

I do not want to see the whole file (yet) but you can view it with
less mx922.ppd

Give the lines with *NickName and *cupsFilter2.

[jpjones55]

Brian, here's the last few commands I've run. This is a brand new install of kbuntu 22.04

john@john-RC512:~$ lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://192.168.1.162/ipp/print -E -m everywhere
lpadmin: Success
john@john-RC512:~$ lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf
lp: Error - The printer or class does not exist.
john@john-RC512:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd/
ls: cannot access '/etc/cups/ppd/mx922.ppd/': No such file or directory
john@john-RC512:~$ lpadmin -p mx922 -v ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ -E -m everywhere
john@john-RC512:~$ lp -d mx922 /etc/nsswitch.conf
request id is mx922-2 (1 file(s))
john@john-RC512:~$ driverless cat ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ > mx922.ppd
DEBUG2: get-printer-attributes: Cannot connect to printer with URI ipp://3DA251000000.local:631/ipp/print.
DEBUG2:
ERROR: Unable to create PPD file: Could not poll sufficient capability info from the printer (ipp://Canon%20MX
920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/, ipp://3DA251000000.local:631/ipp/print) via IPP!
john@john-RC512:~$ driverless cat ipp://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/ > mx922.ppd
DEBUG2: get-printer-attributes: Cannot connect to printer with URI ipp://3DA251000000.local:631/ipp/print.
DEBUG2:
ERROR: Unable to create PPD file: Could not poll sufficient capability info from the printer (ipp://Canon%20MX
920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/, ipp://3DA251000000.local:631/ipp/print) via IPP!

[jpjones55]

I got the printer where it says its ready, send a test print to it, it shows in the que and gone like it printed. My printer woke up when I sent to first test, but no actual print took place. hhhhmmmm.

thanks
john

[jpjones55]

Brian I got it printing by changing the connection to this:

ipp://192.168.1.162:631/ipp/print
and changing the driver from auto to custom driver:

current - CanonMX920 series,driverless,cups-filters 1.28.15

BUT it's just printing from the 4x6 photopaper tray, not the 8.5x11 bottom tray where it should be printing from. In the gui - system center - printers, under config, there's no option for regular paper, it's all photo paper choices. At least we're making some hen way here...lol

thanks,
john

[brian_p]

Brian I got it printing by changing the connection to this:

ipp://192.168.1.162:631/ipp/print

Hello John Paul,

Good. This is probably what got printing going.


and changing the driver from auto to custom driver:

current - CanonMX920 series,driverless,cups-filters 1.28.15

BUT it's just printing from the 4x6 photopaper tray, not the 8.5x11 bottom tray where it should be printing from. In the gui - system center - printers, under config, there's no option for regular paper, it's all photo paper choices. At least we're making some hen way here...lol

thanks,
john

It seems to me you have multiple issues. The main one seems to have been worked round. Where you go from here is beyond my skills.

[jpjones55]

Thanks for your help Brian. But now I just did a fresh install of ubuntu 22.04. Everytime I try something it just adds another mx922 to the printer list. I'll try to start from scratch and use the command line like you were showing me. Don't close this thread yet so I can let you know how it went.

JP

[jpjones55]

Gooday Brian. Good news on the mx922 issue(s). I was down to trying my last distro (linux mint cinnamon) and dang if it didn't work right out the box? mint had the gutenprint drivers as part of the distro. So, I used that to configure kubuntu (which I really like) and viola! I got it printing in color AND scanning with xsane and GIMP, although there's a bug in the gimp-plugin. but I found a guy on one of the forums that had re-engineered it for his own use and had it for a download to put in the gimp plugin folder.

So now I got kbuntu 22.04 setup how I want it with the printing and scanning. Now on the setup the network so I can access my win10 pro machine. It has my whole life on it it seems!

Brian I don't know how to thank you enough for you time and effort. I've learned alot this past week about ubuntu printing and all.

Thanks and cheers,
jp

[brian_p]

John Paul,

After a long journey there is nothing more satisfying than to reach its end safely. I am glad to have assisted you along the way, hopefully without giving too many erroneous directions. You have been assiduous and persistent. Enjoy your OS and its printing and scanning.

[TheFu]

Would really help the community if you used the Thread Tools button and marked the thread as "SOLVED" so people don't waste time.

Switching distros isn't something most people would do, though there is nothing wrong with the Mint desktops, provided that's what you want with the support you want.