Your syslog contains: Feb 2 22:36:43 Eliot udev-configure-printer[5761]: failed to connect to CUPS server; giving up
and you also get @Eliot:~$ lpinfo -v lpinfo: Bad file descriptor Seems that there is a problem with the CUPS daemon not starting. Please run the command ls -l /var/run/cups/cups.sock and post the output here. Also attach your files /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and /etc/cups/cups- files.conf. Go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems and follow the instructions of the "CUPS error_log" section. Please attach the files one by one, do not compress them and do not package them together, thanks. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1661287 Title: Canon printer failed to connect with CUPS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1661287/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs