I do realize that Canonical has backtracked on their decision to not support 32-bit applications, but I want to be prepared for the future if they ever do change their minds.
I have a printer that I bought 2 years ago, a Canon PIXMA iP2700, while there is a driver for it available in CUPS, the local driver is very limited in features, like printing in Fast Mode isn't available, I ended up wasting lots of ink when I used the local driver.
The Linux driver that Canon provides has a print in Fast Mode feature, however, their driver is only available in 32-bit and in order to install and run my printer with their driver, I had to enable 32-bit support by running these commands in the Terminal:
Code:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
If Canonical does eventually do away with supporting 32-bit, what options do I have to continue using my printer into the future?
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