Canon Pixma MG4150 not working on Arch Linux

Question

I’m trying to install a Canon Pixma MG4150 multifunction printer on Arch Linux 3.5.4-1-ARCH x86_64. The device is not working out of the box, I didn’t find anything about this printer on Google for a Linux system. Although, I found the PPD file for MG4100 (canonmg4100.ppd) and set it in CUPS, but it still doesn’t work. I tried to print the test page and a PDF document, the device doesn’t even react.

Here is the AUR packages I tried to install:

extra/libxpm 3.5.10-1
extra/pixman 0.26.2-1
aur/cnijfilter-mx410 3.50-1

The lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04a9:1753 Canon, Inc.

CUPS doesn’t show me any error messages but I don’t know if we can get any extra debug informations.

I don’t know what to do to get this printer working.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The driver you installed is an older release (3.50) and built for the MX*** series. Try this one instead:

AUR :: cnijfilter-mg6200

It's using the same cnijfilter-source-3.60-1.tar.gz as the official .rpm or .deb CANON linux drivers for Pixma MG4150.

You should edit the PKGBUILD and replace (on line 2):

_model=mg6200

with

_model=mg4100