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How to install a .deb or .rpm file (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/cachyos@sopuli.xyz
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I'm trying to install either a .deb or .rpm driver for a Canon MF212w printer. Unfortunately since CachyOS is an Arch-based OS it lacks a straightforward way to go with the installation. I checked out a few different tutorials on Youtube but they all basically say to not do it their way since it could work but at the cost of messing up some dependencies. Is there a safe way to install either version of this program without damaging any other files or directories?

~/Downloads/linux-UFRII-drv-v620-us/x64/RPM

❯ ls -l

.rw-r--r-- 7.5M admin 4 Jun 22:56  cnrdrvcups-ufr2-us-6.20-1.01.x86_64.rpm

~/Downloads/linux-UFRII-drv-v620-us/x64/Debian

❯ ls -l

.rw-r--r-- 7.6M admin 4 Jun 22:56  cnrdrvcups-ufr2-us_6.20-1.01_amd64.deb

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Are you sure you need a driver at all? Most somewhat recent printers will work via CUPS driverless protocol. Basically, modern printers all are able to interprete postscript in the same way monitors can handle video frames. "Drivers" are usually just required to read toner status etc.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    I just need it to print and scan some multi page documents into a PDF. As a recent install, CachyOS recognizes the printer through USB but I have no means to communicate with it to fulfill those two basic requirements. The driver program I used when I was still on Windows provided a basic GUI with that functionality.

    UPDATE: I followed the CUPS terminal manual that sent me to localhost: 631. From there it was pretty straightforward until I couldn't find the MF212w model. I suspect since it's so old it's no longer supported. I'd hate to toss out such a perfectly good laser printer just so I could have less hassle setting up a way to communicate with it.

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