Based on few youtube vids and reddit posts i installed the canon CAPT drivers for my printer and executed the commands in termunal and got my printer to show up in the printer setting When i try to print a test page the status of the printer says processing data and sending data to priner but the printer doesn't print anything i am not the usual whirring noises at all
get the driver from here -asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100459601.html and you will be downloading linux-capt-drv-v271-uken.tar.gz ..it was updated 15th May 2017 so very up-to-date so please click to SAVE when you download and it should end up in your Downloads folder
The Canon LBP2900 Driver is a free utility officially developed and distributed by Canon Inc for its line of desktop printers. With this driver package, users can flawlessly use and optimize their products from the Canon LBP2900B series of laser printer products. It sets up your device to recognize and communicate with your printer.
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