Hello linux@lemmy.world!

I’ve completely switched from dual boot to full Linux last year and I’ve been struggling to find the one tool that could replace the printer software that came with my Canon printer.

My printer came with an application that allows me to print border-less photos and apply fixes such as colour correction, remove red eyes, etc. So far I haven’t found any application that allows me to print photos properly.

I’m using Kubuntu 24.04 and I tried using Gwenview to print my photos. While the dialog allows me to configure my printer to print on 4x6 border-less photo paper, it still prints with ~4mm borders.

I’m also asking myself, is this more of a KDE Plasma printing issue or an application printing issue?

Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I’m even considering using paid software at this point. Any solution is welcome.

  • tychosmoose@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The Gutenprint plugin has support for a bunch of Canon printers. I haven’t used it in a while but I remember it supporting borderless prints with CUPS drivers. Maybe not for all printers? Worth a look at least.

    • Cyborganism@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Hi, I just wanted to get back to you about Gutenprint.

      This looks old. Is it still maintained?

      EDIT: I installed it and tried setting up my printer but it says it cannot use that driver. So that’s a no go I suppose.

      • tychosmoose@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Latest release seems to have been in March 2025. The version you get would depend on how you installed it. For Ubuntu/Kubuntu it looks like maybe they point to the Snap store? I have no idea how well that works and personally would avoid it.

        Did you do that, or, download a deb or install “printer-driver-gutenprint” via apt?

        In another comment you said you have the Canon proprietary driver. I think you would need the CUPS driver for this to work.

        I didn’t do this recently enough to remember what the process looked like. But in your situation I would probably try to uninstall everything print related, reboot, and then start with sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install printer-driver-gutenprint and see where that gets me.

        • Cyborganism@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Yeah it was the snap one. I’ll install a second printer using the cups driver and try again.