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By Road_map at 2007-07-08 12:23
Conditions:
- Slackware 12.0: fresh install with hugesmp.s kernel, then switched to generic 2.6.21.5-smp kernel
- CUPS server is running on port 631
- Canon Pixma iP1700 plugged in USB port and on.

1. Download iP2200_Linux_260.tar.gz package from here (official Canon Inc. site).

2. Untar the archive

3. Transform *.rpm packages in *.tgz packages
Code:
rpm2tgz *.rpm
4. Install packages
Code:
installpkg cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.tgz
installpkg cnijfilter-ip2200-lprng-2.60-1.i386.tgz
installpkg cnijfilter-ip2200-2.60-1.i386.tgz
(cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.src.tgz is not relevent for this article)

5. Restart cups server
Code:
cd /etc/rc.d
./rc.cups restart
6. Install printer (with konqueror running as root)
Code:
su -c konqueror
and go to http://localhost:631

A. Screen "Add New Printer"
-Name, Location, Description
[Continue]

B. Screen "Device for <Name>"
-Device: Canon iP1700 USB #1 (Canon iP1700)
[Continue]

C. Screen "Model/Driver for <Name>"
-Model: Canon iP2200 ver.2.60 (en)
[Add Printer]

D. Provide root password

E. Screen "<Name>: General"
[Set Printer Options]

F. Final screen
<Name>
Description: <Description>
Location: <Location>
Make and Model: Canon iP2200 Ver.2.60
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: usb://Canon/iP1700

G. Press [Print Test Page]

7. See also: http://www.freestandards.org/en/OpenPrinting

by Bruce Hill on Sun, 2007-09-02 07:52
You could add that printer to our HCL (Hardware Compatibility List).

Here is an example post for a printer.

by ta0kira on Sat, 2008-04-26 07:48
I needed to use rpm -i --nodeps to install. The package didn't have tgz.
ta0kira


  



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