I’m in the process of getting a new printer and since I recently (December 2024) switched to Linux it would be nice if it would be Linux compatible. So far I’ve decided on the Canon PIXMA G550 printer but I can’t find anything about it’s compatibility so I figured I would just ask here in the hopes someone might have the same printer or knows someone who has the same printer and can tell me if this printer works with Linux. If all else fails I could still use the printer with my tablet or phone using Canons app but using it with my desktop would be much more comfortable.
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Anything that supports AirPrint (this one does from what it looks like) will work with CUPS driverless printing on Linux.
I think network printer made by big manufacturer recent years should be fine with IPP driverless. They found Printer Working Group of IEEE, this organization maintains IPP standard and IPP Everywhere™ Certification. AirPrint can be treated as Apple version of IPP Everywhere, the difference between them is AirPrint requires Apple Raster but IPP Everywhere requires PWG Raster (and JPEG JFIF file format if color printer).
Ah, so they are actually differences between IPP Everywhere and AirPrint (apart from AirPrint including the whole autodiscovery stuff)? Good to know. The latter is usually more prominently advertised though which is why that’s the one I mentioned.
But yeah, it should be very common for these to be supported with anything remotely recent.
- IPP Everywhere also include full autodiscovery stuff (mDNS and DNS-SD, of course, Apple call this combination as Bonjour). So I said raster is the only difference.
- Raster is unimportant in Linux situation because CUPS support both PWG Raster (It’s actually a subset of original CUPS Raster) and Apple Raster. Whichever one your device supports, CUPS will work fine.
That helps, thanks.
I have this printer and it works flawlessly using the proprietary drivers.
Since you have this printer, can you tell me what volume the ink tanks hold? This info seems impossible to find.
When you say proprietary drivers, I assume that means they are only available for x86_64 platform… leaving ARM64/aarch64 devices, like Pi’s and such, out of luck?
Something I’ve experienced with similar printer drivers. Hence the ask.
