How To Install printer-driver-cjet on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-cjet
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is printer-driver-cjet
printer-driver-cjet is:
CJET filters printer data from stdin to stdout, converting HP PCL (Printer Command Language) escape sequences and data structures, e.g. font headers, to their CaPSL equivalents.
CaPSL stands for Canon Printing System Language. It is a set of control command developed for the Canon European Language Printer. CaPSL was used in Canon Export Models such as LBP-8markIII series and LBP-4series. Canon’s older Japanese models (LBP-A404 GII etc. LIPS-III as default command) usually have CaPSL emulation mode.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-cjet
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install printer-driver-cjet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-cjet
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-cjet
Install printer-driver-cjet Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-cjet
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-cjet
Install printer-driver-cjet Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-cjet
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-cjet
How To Uninstall printer-driver-cjet on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the printer-driver-cjet
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-cjet
Uninstall printer-driver-cjet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-cjet
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-cjet
Remove printer-driver-cjet Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-cjet
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-cjet
Remove printer-driver-cjet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-cjet
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-cjet
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-cjet
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.