Getting a Canon Printer to Work on CachyOS

Run these commands in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S cups cups-filters gutenprint foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds ghostscript --noconfirm  

sudo systemctl enable --now cups  

sudo usermod -aG sys $USER  

lpinfo -m | grep -i "E400\|E410\|E414"

You will get an output line that looks something like this: gutenprint.5.3://canon-pixma_e400/expert Canon PIXMA E400 Series - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.x

Once you have that exact string, copy it and replace it in your command:

sudo lpadmin -p "Canon_E414" -m "EXACT_STRING_FROM_PREV_STEP" -v "$(lpinfo -v | grep usb | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')" -E

In my case it was:

sudo lpadmin -p "Canon_E414" -m "gutenprint.5.3://bjc-PIXMA-E414/expert" -v "$(lpinfo -v | grep usb | head -n 1 | awk '{print $2}')" -E

To verify it registered correctly and check its status, you can run:

lpstat -p Canon_E414 -d

Now you should see your printer in print tab in your browser etc.