Printing with Cannon MF4150

[eliyahu cohen]

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Aviram Jenik <aviram at jenik.com>
> To: "linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il" <linux-il at cs.huji.ac.il>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:17 AM
> Subject: Printing with Cannon MF4150

> Eliyahu,

> I've had mixed success with this printer; while the drivers do
> eventually work, they sometimes require some fiddling. The
> instructions unfortunately differ from version to version.

> Is your system 32 bit or 64 bit? If 32, try version 230. It has .deb
> files and should work out of the box.


Hi Aviram,

I'm using 64 bit.

> If 64, a simple 'alien' does not work. There are dependencies that
> need to be installed, and you need to symlink the 64 bit directory -
> sorry, I don't have the instructions in front of me and could find it
> in a couple of minutes of googling.

I fixed all the dependency problems I think (i.e. I installed the debian packages created by alien without any warnings). Regarding symlinks and instructions are you referring to:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-get-a-canon-all-in-one-printer-working-with-ubuntu.html

I added the symlink mentioned there (both to /usr/lib and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/) and rebooted, but still no joy. Can you remember any other symlinks you needed to make?

Thanks,
Eli