Re: [tlug] Printer Not Responding [SOLVED]

[Brian Chandler <brian@example.com>]

(Excuse top-post pre-message...)

I've been lurking here for some time, in fact I managed to lurk at a 
TLUG nomikai too, but this is my first post. Yoroshiku!


Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> Here's a blast from the past. This thread had gone on for ages without a 
> solution, despite a great deal of help from the TLUG list. It only 
> stopped because I gave up trying to make it work. As far as I was 
> concerned, my printer was basically not going to work with Ubuntu 
> Dapper, period.

Hmm, my situation... I have a Canon printer, and thought I would give it 
a third try with the following instructions...

> How to install a Canon printer in Ubuntu (as of January 17, 2007):
>
> 1. Go to CUPS interface in browser:
>
> http://localhost:631/
>
> 2. Delete any printers there. (This was necessary on my system as I had 
> drivers from previous versions of Ubuntu/CUPS that had never worked.)
>
> 3. If asked for any passwords, use the login and password that are for 
> the main account on the computer.
>
> 4. The instructions after this point were originally from the following 
> web site, and modified here for my particular case:
>
> http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takushi/#canon
>
> 5. Open a command prompt. Edit the repository list here:
>
> sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> 6. Add the following line. This is specifically for Ubuntu (It also says 
> for Edgy, 6.10, but may work for other Ubuntu versions):
>
> deb http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~takushi/ubuntu ./
>
> 7. Update apt-get to use the new repository information:
>
> apt-get update
>
> 8.Use the following install command:
>
> sudo apt-get install libcnbj-2.5 bjfilter-2.5 pstocanonbj

Got that far. Then I got the following problem (at the end)...

> Get:1 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
> Get:2 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
> Ign http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp ./ Release.gpg
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
> Get:3 http://www.getautomatix.com edgy Release.gpg [189B]
> Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
> Get:5 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release [50,9kB]
> Get:6 http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial Release.gpg [191B]
> Ign http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp ./ Release
> Ign http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp ./ Packages
> Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg [191B]
> Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
> Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
> Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
> Get:11 http://www.getautomatix.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
> Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial Release [4886B]
> Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release [50,9kB]
> Get:14 http://mambo.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp ./ Packages [1433B]
> Get:15 http://www.getautomatix.com edgy Release [6733B]
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release
> Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release [50,9kB]
> Get:17 http://archive.canonical.com dapper-commercial/main Packages [2645B]
> Get:18 http://www.getautomatix.com dapper Release [8412B]
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources
> Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages [105kB]
> Get:20 http://www.getautomatix.com edgy/main Packages [5659B]
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
> Hit http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Sources
> Get:21 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages [138kB]
> Get:22 http://www.getautomatix.com dapper/main Packages [532B]
> Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release [50,9kB]
> Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/restricted Packages
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Packages
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
> Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/universe Packages [22,4kB]
> Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages [7250B]
> Get:26 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/multiverse Packages [1805B]
> Get:27 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages [14B]
> Get:28 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages [105kB]
> Get:29 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources [49,5kB]
> Get:30 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources [20,9kB]
> Get:31 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources [983B]
> Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages [7250B]
> Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages [53,4kB]
> Get:34 http://jp.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources [14B]
> Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Packages [4082B]
> Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
> Fetched 700kB in 1m50s (6339B/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
> brian@example.com:~$ sudo apt-get install libcnbj-2.5 bjfilter-2.5 pstocanonbj
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   bjfilter-2.5: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4-1) but 2.3.6-0ubuntu20 is to be installed
>   pstocanonbj: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4-1) but 2.3.6-0ubuntu20 is to be installed
>                Depends: libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.3) but 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 is to be i nstalled
> E: Broken packages

Help! I did press on and try, without luck - the only Canon driver that 
appeared even close was "Canon PIXMA iP4000 - CUPS+Gutenprint 
v5.0.0-rc2" - I actually have a PIXUS iP1500.

Can anyone tell me how to make this work?

Or should I just go and buy a printer from a Linux-friendly company? Are 
there any specific reccomendations for printers to buy *in Japan*?

(I'll leave the rest of the instructions below - step 15 produced 
silence as usual.)

Thanks
Brian Chandler
http:imaginatorium.org


> 9. Note that this will restart CUPS.
>
> 10. Go to CUPS interface in browser:> 
> http://localhost:631/
>
> 11. Add a printer by clicking the "Add Printer" button.
>
> 12. Name, location, and description are all just whatever you want to 
> call them. These are names for the user's convenience, not important 
> system variables. I used:
>
> Name: Canon
> Location: Desktop
> Description: Canon Pixus iP3100
>
> 13. In the Device drop down menu, select the printer that matches yours. 
> If all is going well, something fairly obvious should present itself. In 
> my case, I chose:
>
> Canon iP_3100 USB #1 (Canon iP_3100)
>
> 14. Select a driver from the list. I chose:
>
> Canon PIXUS iP3100 Ver.2.50 (en)
>
> 15. Print a test page!
>
> ï--
> Dave M G
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