Showing posts with label archlinux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label archlinux. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Installing Canon PIXMA MP210 on ArchLinux

So it took a little bit trial and error, but I finally got my printer working tonight.  Here's the just of what it took.

  1. Follow steps here to get CUPS up and running.  Make sure to blacklist 'usblp'.
  2. Install the cnijfilter-mp210 package from AUR http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16696
  3. Add 'acl' option to your root file system mount. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=32959
  4. I could see my printer was recognized now when plugged in from the output of 'dmesg |tail'.  But whenever I tried to print a test page I got an error in my cups log(http://localhost:631/admin/log/error_log) complaining like: '
    Unable to open listen socket for address ::1:631 - Address family not supported by protocol.'
  5. I deleted the printer and reinstalled it. Pointed it to my ppd file in /usr/share/cups/model. And it works! I notice the device path in the printer config changed, maybe a bad one got autoconfiged before I did the blacklist. :/


Woot, let's burn some ink!