printer problem

Brian ad44 at cityscape.co.uk
Tue Sep 25 18:27:50 UTC 2018


On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 18:44:09 +0100, Richard Kimber wrote:

> I'm trying to set up a networked printer on a fresh install of
> Ubuntu-Mate (18.04.1) on a new PC.
> 
> The printer is detected by the new printer install but after searching
> for drivers, I get a cups server error  "server-error-internal-error".
> 
> The printer (Canon MX920 series) set up easily and worked perfectly well
> on the old PC under 18.04.1 and previous versions of Ubuntu
> 
> I'd really appreciate some suggestions.

According to

https://www.canon.co.uk/printers/inkjet/pixma/pixma_mx925/specification.aspx

your printer has AirPrint. Accordingly, it is a driverless printer. Why
not take advantage?

https://wiki.debian.org/DriverlessPrinting#The_Concept_of_Driverless_Printing

-- 
Brian.




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