How to Install Canon iP4940/iP4950 Printer on Fedora – Step-by-step

Installing Printer

3. 3. Extracting Driver

   Possibly Double-Click on Printer Driver on the File Manager:

   

   But if you are in Trouble to Find it out then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   And Extract Cnijfilter 3.60 into the /tmp Directory:

   

4. 4. Installing LibTIFF 3

   Then to Install libtiff.so.3 for Fedora
   On Fedora 33+ enable the Copr Repo with:

   dnf copr enable mjg/libtiff3

   And then simply play:

   sudo dnf install libtiff3

   But instead for Fedora 33 and below install the Package directly with:

   sudo dnf install https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/mjg/libtiff3/fedora-33-x86_64/00864735-libtiff3/libtiff3-3.9.7-4.fc30.x86_64.rpm

5. 5. Installing Pangox Compat

   (Only on Fedora 30+) Download Dependency for Canon GNU/Linux Driver:

   Dependencies .rpm Archive

   Downloading pangox-compat for Fedora 32+

   Grab pangox-compat Rpm.
   And then to Setup it:

   cd ~/Downloads

   sudo dnf install ./pangox*.rpm

6. 6. Installing Driver

   Then to Install Canon Printer Driver
   First, access the Target with:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*

   sudo ./install.sh

   During installation you may be Asked to Connect & Power On your Printer…
   
   Now in case of Issue then try first to execute:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*rpm/packages

   And on a 64-bit System play:

   sudo dnf install ./*64.rpm

   

7. 7. Adding Printer

   So now Go to Add Printer
   Here is presented the Workstation Setup, but on the other Desktop find a similar Solution…
   First, launch the Settings App:

   

   Then Search for “printers“:

   

   Now Unlock the Devices with the Admin Pass:

   

   Finally, you should be able to ‘Add Printer’: