Ubuntu
cupsys package

Canon S200 printer not supported

Bug #8840 reported by bluegeek
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cupsys (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
LaMont Jones
Ubuntu ubuntu-5.04

Bug Description

Gimp-print 4.2.6 supports this printer but I had to download the ppd files from
http://karstenfestag.gmxhome.de/canons200.html and copy them manually to
/usr/share/ppd/Canon/
Then I could install it using gnome-cups-manager and seems to work well now but
only in B&W.

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bluegeek (bluegeek) wrote :

It works with color printing too. My color ink cartridge was empty :)

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

It should be a straightforward matter to add this driver to the package for Warty

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LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

Could you please try doing the following:
1) remove the ppd files you installed
2) install cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe
3) see if it works.

it appears that /usr/share/cups/model/gimp-print/4.2/bjc-s200.ppd.gz has Canon
S200 support

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bluegeek (bluegeek) wrote :

Yes, it works with you instructions. Thanks.
Would this package (so my S200 printer) be added to the supported distribution?

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LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

Given the nature of the bug, the simple workaround, and the late date, this will
have to wait for warty to get into main instead of universe.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Mailing list discusison:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2004-November/001690.html

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LaMont Jones (lamont) wrote :

After reviewing, the best solution appears to be just incorporating
cupsys-driver-gimpprint and cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data into hoary. At some
point, the files should really wind up in cupsys, it would appear, but not for
hoary.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

cupsys-driver-gimpprint is now part of the Desktop seed

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