Cannot instal MP495 Canon on Ubuntu 14.04

Question

there!

I'm trying to install MP495 on my computer and I've tried 2 approaches:

1. I've added the Device Uri (found on my modem) however when I try to print a page, the printer is not responding

2. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2216359 I've followed pdc instructions, however when I click on the localhost link it still says that with MP495 the computer is Unable to get the printer status.

I've installed both the scanner and printer driver. Still doesn't work.

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Here is how I installed MP495 in Ubuntu 14.04:

1. Download Canon driver from their site. I downloaded cnijfilter-mp495series-3.40-1-deb.tar.gz.

2. Canon driver needs libtiff4. Download libtiff4 from http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/t/tiff3/. I downloaded libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb.

3. Open a Terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T. Navigate to where the downloaded files are:

   cd ~/Downloads
   

4. Install libtiff4:

   sudo dpkg -i libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
   

5. Extract the tar archive:

   tar zxvf mp495series-3.40-1-deb.tar.gz
   cd cnijfilter-mp495series-3.40-1-deb/packages
   

6. Install Canon common package and MP495 package:

   sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-common_3.40-1_amd64.deb cnijfilter-mp495series_3.40-1_amd64.deb
   

Answer 2

libtiff4 requires multiarch-support, which is not installed. Before Install libtiff4 go to How do I add multiarch support to install Packet Tracer 7.2.2 on Ubuntu 20.04? and as it says:

download the file

wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/glibc/multiarch-support_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb

install with dpkg:

sudo dpkg -i multiarch-support_2.27-3ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb