Re: No printing: Gentoo + Gutenprint 5.3.3-r2 + Canon Maxify MB5150

Dr Rainer Woitok <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.printing.gimp-print.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Greetings,

On Saturday, 2021-04-03 16:59:36 +0200, I myself wrote:

("> >" refers to Michael Sweet <[email protected]>)

> ...
> On Friday, 2021-04-02 13:10:10 -0400, you wrote:
> > ...
> > It would be useful to know:
> > 
> > - What driver you are using with the printer?
> > - What version of CUPS comes with your Gentoo
> 
> That's what I've installed:
> 
>    net-print/cups         2.3.3-r2
>    net-print/cups-bjnp    2.0.3
>    net-print/cups-filters 1.28.7

Further searching the web I found at

   https://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/products/fax__multifunctionals/inkjet/maxify_mb_series/maxify_mb5150.html?type=drivers&driverdetailid=tcm:14-1533036&os=linux%20%2864-bit%29&language=en

that Canon offers  a Fedora/Ubuntu  printer driver "cnijfilter2" version
5.40-1 for the Maxify MB5150 for downloading.  But since there is also a
Gentoo package  "net-print/cnijfilter2" version 5.90  I preferred to in-
stall that instead.

Trying to print a test page via Cups  failed as it did before:  the text
"Printer Test Page" was printed in light grey on the first sheet of pap-
er and then the printer started to empty the paper tray.

So I cycled power on the printer,  rebooted my laptop,  and again sent a
test page  from Cups.   This time nothing happened.   The printer didn't
even flinch and the print job is still pending.

Question: is this driver not required in my case,  or what else is going
on here?

Sincerely,
  Rainer
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