[cups] Need Canon MF 5770 Cups install...

[Helge Blischke]

> Am 14.05.2017 um 22:55 schrieb John A. Peters <johnapeters at msn.com>:
> 
> Team,
> I am new to CUPS and Linux, so I need the baby talk version of how to 
> install a Canon printer/scanner, MF5770.
> I am using USB, Ubuntu v16.x,   I have tried a lot of the things I found 
> on the net.  So far I have the printer installed in the O/S, but when I 
> do a test print, nothing happens.
> 
> Been working on this for a month without success.
> Any ideas or help??
> John
> johnapeters at msn.com
> _______________________________________________

Canon only provides drivers for Windows systems (from XP to W10), but *no* support for any
UNIXlike system.

But the Gutenprint supported printers website lists this printer as experimentally supported.
I’d suggest to try that – you may at least print (but probably no faxing etc.)

Helge