GNU/Linux CentOS 10 Canon PIXMA Printer Setup – Step by step Guide
How to Install Canon PIXMA Printer/Scanner on CentOS Stream 10 GNU/Linux desktop – Step by step Tutorial.
And the Canon PIXMA Setup on CentOS 10 is Quick and Easy, it involves at most some basic Shell commands execution.
Especially relevant: after the Canon PIXMA Driver CentOS Installation to achieve the Printer Setup follow the included instructions to Add Printer!
So this Guide is valid also for all the others RHEL Based Distros like:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Oracle Enterprise Linux
- Rocky Linux
- AlmaLinux
Finally, in case to know how you dispose of a valid Alternative to the Canon Proprietary Driver as the Gutenprint Driver Suite.
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1. Downloading Canon PIXMA Printer Driver
Download Canon PIXMA Printers Linux Drivers
Search for “linux [myCanonModRounded]”
You may need to Round Down the Printer Model Number as here below…
Eg: for ‘mx472’ search for “linux mx470”
And for ‘MG2240’ search for “linux MG2200” -
2. Extracting Canon PIXMA Printer Driver
Then Extract into /tmp directory
Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager:
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