[cups] Problem with Canon MG5550 printer

[Timothy Murphy]

Helge Blischke wrote:

>> I recently acquired a Canon Pixma MG5550 printer.
>> I've set it up to access wirelessly, on my LAN.
>> 
>> It works perfectly under Window-10,
>> but under Fedora-24/CUPS it says it has printed 26% of the file,
>> and then hangs.
>> I'm using the MG5500_Series ppd file offered by CUPS.
>> It seems this does not work properly, at least with my printer.
>> 
>> I wonder if anyone has a similar Canon printer working under Linux CUPS,
>> preferable under Fedora or CentOS?
>> 
> 
> I’d suggest to install Gutenprint and then select the CUPS+Gutenprint-…
> PPD from the list in the CUPS web interface.
> But be aware that the Gutenprint list of supported printers tagged this
> printer as EXPERIMENTAL.

Actually the driver chosen by CUPS is gutenprint,
according to my /etc/cups/printers.conf:
  MakeModel Canon MG5500 series - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.11

I thought these Canon MG printers were quite common?
Canon claims the MG5550 runs under Linux.
Maybe I should try their driver ...

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Timothy Murphy  
gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin