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#1 2026-09-06 00:37:14
- pmtk_milk
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[ALMOST SOLVED] I cant find a driver for a Canon Pixma G3170 printer
Hi, well i have a canon pixma g3170 printer but i never used a printer before in arch linux. At first i was thinking that a driver existed in the packages but i find nothing related to canon, then i searched in the aur but none of the packages match the driver of the model i was searching for. I searched more in the internet and i find this page https://www.siberoloji.com/how-to-set-u … rch-linux/ i followed the steps but CUPS detects my printer as a Canon G3070 and not as a Canon Pixma G3170 and when i search in the models for Canon Pixma G3170 only appears Canon Pixma G3100 and not the model im searching for. The status for the printer says Ready - universal filter failed and lp and lpr says No default destination.
I dont find a solution, the solution find me...
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#2 2026-09-06 05:58:27
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Re: [ALMOST SOLVED] I cant find a driver for a Canon Pixma G3170 printer
There's a major issue w/ the latest version of libcupsfilter, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 6#p2308976
The documentation on https://www.cla.canon.com/en/p/pixma-g3170 sounds like its supported by the general cnijfilter2, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cnijfilter2
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#3 2026-09-06 16:56:01
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Re: [ALMOST SOLVED] I cant find a driver for a Canon Pixma G3170 printer
Well seth is a almost fixed situation because i achieve what i wanted using Linux Mint. That wasnt my printer it is a friend printer that wanted to me to install it on his computer and well... I installed GNU/Linux in his computer at least wasnt his personal computer was a old computer for a bussines. Now i think this post should be closed.
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#4 2026-09-06 18:30:06
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Re: [ALMOST SOLVED] I cant find a driver for a Canon Pixma G3170 printer
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.
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