Driver for new Canon ink-tank printers?

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I would be tempted by the potential economy of the new Canon ink-tank printers, particularly the Pixma G5050.
But as far as I can see, there are no Linux drivers available on any of the usual Canon sites (Europe, USA, Asia...).

I can't find any reference to it on any of the CUPS sites I have tried...

Does that mean no way to use these printers with Ubuntu?

Thanks for any confirmation (or preferably for a solution!).

Mila Nautikus · Answer

there are no Linux drivers available

yes there are
canon-europe.com > support > drivers > pixma g5050 > linux 64 bit
IJ Printer Driver Ver. 5.90 for Linux, Release date: 10 September 2019
PPD file is cnijfilter2-source-5.90-1/ppd/canong5000.ppd
in CUPS the driver is Canon G5000 series
in arch-linux the driver package is cnijfilter2
the driver fails to remove temporary files after use
as workaround i use
#!/bin/bash
# remove canon printer temp files older than x minutes
minutes=5
while true
do
  find /var/tmp -maxdepth 1 -name 'cnij*' -mmin +${minutes} 
    -exec sudo rm -v '{}' ;
  sleep ${minutes}m
done

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