Hi everyone, I just installed Solus 4.6.
Previously I had Debian.
I have a Canon MAXIFY MB2750 printer that worked perfectly with Debian (Canon driver).
Now there is no way to print documents double sided.
The even pages are all reversed.
Any ideas?
On the Canon site there are also the source files for the drivers but no instructions on how to install them.
With Debian it was easy because there are .deb packages available.
Thanks in advance for the help!
Canon printer prints double sided "upside down"
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MarvinMinsky https://www.usa.canon.com/content/canon/en/search.html?q=maxify&r=support
you could:
in solus add printer you can look for your model. sometimes faking it out and choosing a model # just above or below works.
also in print dialogue you might have a flip on long edge/short edge option.
also I was reading via Canon that Maxify's uses the uefr drivers (repo):
I hope that info it correct. BTW I have a Brother and have no idea why this is installed...
also there is no 2750 in my search (see link ^) but the 2720 does have a linux package.
Usually you crack open the targz, change terminal directory to the expanded package and install an ./sh file.
You will also see instructions (edit: READ ME file) in the package. I've done this a time or too and its a PITA but once it is installed you can lead Solus right to it in the printer install page. roll up your sleeves and start with the last option and someone can help you walk thru it.
2 cents
Many thanks Brent for the prompt reply!
I had to do practically nothing to configure the printer in Solus: in the System Settings - Printers I found it already identified as "Canon_MB2700_series".
I just checked "default printer" and, rightly, selected Make/Model to indicate the exact model (Canon MAXIFY 2750 - CUPS+Gutenprint v.5.3.4).
So far, I have been pleasantly surprised by Solus.
N.B.: it is not nice, however, that every time the system starts up you have to repeat the printer selection. But I don't know what to do other than clicking on "Save" and "Apply" to make the choice permanent.
I did not think of trying to indicate a different model, there are hundreds of them and it seems highly impractical to try all the options, as well as not very useful.
However, I also tried the "Simplified" version of the same entry: no practical difference.
It goes without saying that the first thing I tried to do was to change the long/short edge option. It is useless at all. It almost seems that the long edge option is ignored. Since this printer functionality, making a very simple topological reasoning, can only work in one way, that is by pulling the sheet back and reinserting it under the head on the other side, mechanically they are all the same, and the software must also provide to "turn" the print in the right direction which is always the same, so it cannot be that some printers turn the page evenly in one way and others in the other way. The thing does not change. It is clearly a defect. Maybe it is just a trivial line in a script. Who knows!
The "canon-ufriilt-common" driver was already installed. Evidently it installed itself automatically. Great Solus! What a shame that then there are these little inconveniences.
I tried to download the driver sources from the Canon site. There is nothing that explains how to use them. It seems that it is only possible to compile them as DEB or RPM. However, I do not feel bold enough to start tinkering with the operating system heavily. It took me two whole days to get almost everything to the way I want, I would not like to have to do everything again.
I look forward to further suggestions...
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I just tried Long edge and Short Edge flip on my TS5350a and it doesn't seem to make any difference it is upside down with either option.
Edit: Just printed a PDF 2 pages from the Canon App on my Android phone and the long edge 2 sided printing works correctly the print is correct way up.
Edit 2: Just tried Win 11 over wifi and it wouldn't print a test page so downloaded the latest driver from Canon and now it prints properly with a PDF double sided and correct way up. This is why I hate Windows.
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My Canon MF733cdw prints fine double sided no issues
Note PDF printed with document viewer.
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banger just tried Long edge and Short Edge flip on my TS5350a and it doesn't seem to make any difference it is upside down with either option.
Edit: Just printed a PDF 2 pages from the Canon App on my Android phone and the long edge 2 sided printing works correctly the print is correct way up.
Axios My Canon MF733cdw prints fine double sided no issues
Note PDF printed with document viewer.
axios you print correct from your desktop.
banger cannot print correct from his desktop (only the phone).
what's the difference between you guys I wonder? canon software? something else?
edit: this out there, but DE a factor?
Hello guys!
Some thoughts about your contributions:
- any printer prints sheets in the same way, "top - down";
- if the sheet is to be printed on both sides ("long edge flip"), the print must be reversed;
- the data to the printer will be reordered by the print driver (I doubt that the printer firmware will take care of this, it would be too complicated).
- THEREFORE, the problem is in the driver.
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MarvinMinsky I would delete the printer and go install it with the cups
browser interface (localhost:631)
Thats how I started setting my printers up and seem to have less problems.
Note make sure its using the (canon-ufriilt-common) driver
Cant get my TS5350a to print with any driver except IPP everywhere, all the other drivers give routing errors. IPP everywhere is also flipping the double sided prints the wrong way. Added via localhost.
banger Just to clarify some confusion many people have... IPP printing is driverless. It's a printing protocol that has to be available on the particular printer model in order to work. If the printer itself doesn't understand or support the IPP protocol, then it would require a software driver to be installed on the client. IPP capable printers are very useful in Linux environments where the manufacturer may not make a driver specifically for Linux clients.
@MarvinMinsky On some older printers, you might need to set the ‘Duplex (long-edge) back-sheet treatment’ (or worded as something similar) to ‘Rotate’ within your printer’s settings. I believe it's due to the way a particular printer's duplexer functions. Also, the application you are printing from may try to change or override those settings, meaning you may need to verify they match in the application as well as the system settings.
Anyway, just something to try and see if it helps or not.
This is what I get trying anything but IPP everywhere and no print when send a test.
banger This is what I have on my printer
I could not get anything to work on the usb connection when I tried setting it up but it worked
perfect when I set it up for network.
Not sure what the Usb issue was
I selected the second option in (Discovered network printers) when I set it up
(Just info)
I tried the second option in Networking but the driver keeps defaulting to IPP Everywhere which has the bug and my printer isnt listed in the Canon list.
banger I dont have an answer but the way ipp everywhere works cant see that its the issue
but 2 sided print can not be supported with ipp everywhere.
Here some things may be of interest
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/configuring_and_using_a_cups_printing_server/determining-whether-a-printer-supports-driverless-printing_configuring-printing#determining-whether-a-printer-supports-driverless-printing_configuring-printing
https://www.pwg.org/printers/ (could not find your printer here but not sure how current data is)
Note: Oh in tcip settings on printer may sure you have ipp everywhere turned on you will have look in manual
and follow steps (Just something to check for sure)