- #CANON PRINTER DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU HOW TO#
- #CANON PRINTER DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU DRIVER#
- #CANON PRINTER DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU DOWNLOAD#
In this article I will show you how to install the most popular Canon Pixma IP Series Printer Drivers on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal and Ubuntu 12. I somehow translated it in English using.
#CANON PRINTER DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU DRIVER#
To print a file you may also use: $ bjcups -P įinally, at you can find some other applications that might be useful, the source code for the drivers, and a user's guide for the driver in Japanese. ppd file can be further tweaked to allow more options to be set up in the cups properties menu, and more features might be unlocked (if somebody is experienced with cups help would be appreciated).ġ1.Run bjcups application Bjcups is canon's application that allows you to set printer's settings and perform maintenance tasks such as head alighnment. The test pages showed same quality with any resolution.I think that resolution is actually controlled with the quality settings only, at the cups' printer properties menu>advanced>quality(High, Normal, standard, economy). I don't know if changing to a higher resolution works. Setup on GIMP -open an image to print -file>print>Choose your printer name>setup printer: Printer Model> PostScript level 2 command>lpr -P (mine is PIXUS-iP4100-Ver.2.50) PPD File>browse at /usr/share/cups/model/ (mine is /usr/share/cups/model/canonpixusip4100.ppd) -OK -Save Settings -Print
Test Right Click on printer> properties>print test pageġ0. Setup Printer -System>Administration>Printing>New Printer -Choose Local or network printer and specify port or url, respectively -Forward Manufacturer>canon Model> PIXUS iP4100 Ver.2.50 (depends on your printer) Driver>Standard -Apply (if you can't find your printer choose:install driver>choose the ppd file you edited, reboot and try again to setup printer)ĩ. Restart Cups $ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restartĨ.
(i don't know why i do this but otherwise the printer does not work)ħ. $sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 /usr/lib/libxml.so.1 $sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 $sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 (On Ubuntu, open the System Settings window and click Printers, or launch the Printers application from the Dash.) Depending on the type of printer protocol you’ve selected, you may need to provide printer drivers. *Resolution 1200/1200 dpi: ">setpagedevice" Launch the printer configuration tool on your Linux desktop and start adding a printer. With: *OpenUI *Resolution/Output Resolution: PickOne *Resolution 600/600 dpi: ">setpagedevice"
You can also replace these lines: *OpenUI *Resolution/Output Resolution: PickOne I don't know the settings for ip3000 or ip8600.Backup and try it) $ gksudo gedit /usr/share/cups/model/canonpixusip4100.ppdĪdd these lines: *OpenUI *CNQuality/Quality: PickOne ppd file To allow printing quality options to be accessed through cups' printer properties you must edit as root the printer's ppd file.(This applies only to the ip4000. (note: change filenames appropriate to much your printer's)ĥ.Edit.
#CANON PRINTER DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU DOWNLOAD#
Download Driver open terminal cd to your preferred download directory For ip4000 $ wget ģ. Install required packages Install alien with synaptic Install libxml1 with synaptic (required later on to run canon's bjcups application)Ģ. In Japan pixma printers are released under different names: pixus ip3100 -> pixma ip3000 pixus ip4100 -> pixma ip4000 pixus ip8600 -> pixma ip8500 I found hints on installing in these threads: (in german, translated through ) I'm still a newbie and I don't know much about cups so I expect recommendations for better functionality. The colour tone looks to be just a bit reddish in some pictures (with default settings) but this can be fixed playing around with colour settings. Picture quality seems to be the same as in winxp. I 've tested the driver printing text and pictures in plain paper only(I don't have special paper but should work fine). The source code for the pixma range is also in that url so it might be possible to compile drivers for the other pixmas (for ip1000 and ip1500). This is a HOWTO install the canon pixma ip4000 drivers, released by canon japan and downloaded from: There are also drivers for ip3000 and ip8500, which i assume would also install in the same manner described here (not tested).