I'm setting up a 20.04 LTS Server VM on top of Unraid, and I'm attempting to share my ageing Canon Pixma MP 270 with the rest of the network using it - This printer still works and for the amount of printing I do, I'd rather not shell out for one with wi-fi just for sheer convenience if I can avoid it. And using a VM because the Unraid Docker containers don't seem to work due to not being maintained anymore.
The issue I'm having is Canon does not appear when selecting my Make after selecting the printer, so I can't continue to select a model. The VM pass through is assumedly working as it's identifying the device properly.
I've had it working through CUPS in the past, both on a RaspberryPi and on a non-VM Ubuntu Server box, so I know it's possible. In both previous instances, it just worked, Canon was there, the printer was detected and it worked.
What I don't understand is why the printer driver isn't appearing in CUPS this time.
I've tried installing a driver (which I didn't need to do before), but the only available Canon driver for Linux I found is 32-bit only and dpkg stops the install due to my server being 64-bit
What am I missing? What else can I try to get more information to help troubleshoot this?
