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installing a printer canon LBP2900B on ubuntu

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I could not install successfully the printer canon LBP2900B on my home pc with Ubuntu 9.10.

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suman (sumanthozhiyur) said : 		#1

When I try to install "*common*.deb." from the downloaded Canon Linux driver pack (Driver/Debian) it shows "Error: Wrong architecture 'i386'". What does that mean? What should I do now?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#2

Please tell you have installed a 64 bits release...?

Thanks

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suman (sumanthozhiyur) said : 		#3

Ya. I am using 64 bit Ubuntu.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

The software cointained into the external Canon deb package is for 32bits release of Ubuntu
Please look for a 64 bit package and install if there are any on the Canon site...

Hth

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suman (sumanthozhiyur) said : 		#5

The problem is that i couldn't find out any links that offers a 64 bit driver on Canon LBP2900B

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

You may have to use 32bit due to Canon's poor support. This is one reason why the download page states 64bit is "Not recommended for daily desktop usage"

Some hardware manufacturers still lack 64bit support.

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suman (sumanthozhiyur) said : 		#7

not yet

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suman (sumanthozhiyur) said : 		#8

At last this helped me.
http://www.sunscreen.blog.com/

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suman (sumanthozhiyur) said : 		#9

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.