[opensuse] Printing with Canon IP1600 - cups thinks success, but nothing comes out
I am trying to get a Canon IP1600 to print in OpenSuse 12.1. There are ubuntu instructions on the web, that I am trying to adapt http://askubuntu.com/questions/41615/how-to-install-canon-pixma-ip1600 I downloaded the drivers, tracked down older libraries (gtk1), and installed the rpms. The ppd file needed minor corrections, to say resolution 600x600 instead of 600/600, but with that passed the cupstestppd. Yast print setup happily detects the printer, reads in the ppd file, and lets me choose the ip2200 driver (which according to the docs should support ip1600 as well) . But when I print a test page, nothing comes out of the printer. The cups error log is attached. It contains no errors - cups clearly thinks that all is well. I tried using the command it logs from the command line, with a ps file, but that just got a bunch of stuff printed on the console instead of going to the printer. What could be going wrong here? (logged command) /usr/bin/gs -r600 -g4958x7016 -q -dNOPROMPT -dSAFER -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=- -| /usr/local/bin/cifip2200 --imageres 600 --papersize a4 --media plain --quality 3 --bbox 9,14,585,834 Thanks Myrosia
On 2012/05/06 22:20 (GMT+0100) Myrosia Dzikovska composed:
I am trying to get a Canon IP1600 to print in OpenSuse 12.1. There are ubuntu instructions on the web, that I am trying to adapt http://askubuntu.com/questions/41615/how-to-install-canon-pixma-ip1600
I downloaded the drivers, tracked down older libraries (gtk1), and installed the rpms. The ppd file needed minor corrections, to say resolution 600x600 instead of 600/600, but with that passed the cupstestppd.
Yast print setup happily detects the printer, reads in the ppd file, and lets me choose the ip2200 driver (which according to the docs should support ip1600 as well) . But when I print a test page, nothing comes out of the printer.
The cups error log is attached. It contains no errors - cups clearly thinks that all is well. I tried using the command it logs from the command line, with a ps file, but that just got a bunch of stuff printed on the console instead of going to the printer. What could be going wrong here?
Probably the simple fact that we bought Canon printers. I'll never buy another. Mine worked fine as long as 11.2 was supported, but only after I located a driver on Canon's UK web site. The box mine came in said Linux support right on the box, which is why I decided to buy it instead of a Brother. But when I went looking for a driver, couldn't find one, and called Canon USA support, it flat out stated the box was wrong, and told me I should return it to the vendor for refund, which at that point was impossible as past the 30 day no questions asked return period. After more than a year passed, Canon USA started providing a Linux driver that only works if it feels like it (same problem in too new releases of openSUSE, Fedora and Mandriva). Most of the time YaST can print a test page from it - as long as I don't try to print from the wrong app first. Once that happens, even to get a test page to print requires deleting the printer object with YaST and creating a new one. Now I don't even try to print if I can help it, except for plain text files from Firefox or PDF files from KPDF, as I can't remember which others print OK and which don't. Even those apps often don't print as they should, sometimes overlapping adjacent characters that should be separated by normal spacing, or randomly spitting out blank extra pages. If I need to print anything else I boot a Windows puter and print from it. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=683476 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2012-05-07 at 02:59 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
Probably the simple fact that we bought Canon printers. I'll never buy another.
I also had one, I'll never buy another. I'll also refrain from buying any other hardware from them, even if it seems acceptable on the surface. I had good results using the proprietary (but cheap) drivers from "turboprint". You can download it for free and test them on your printer (it prints a logo on the center of the page on high resolution till you pay). - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+pAqwACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WnngCePvmWJdX5i/JE1wkGi08O8xdL xZgAn2EN9i4jQkMDp2hcEOQtnQi9jRin =+Az9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
On 2012/05/06 22:20 (GMT+0100) Myrosia Dzikovska composed:
I am trying to get a Canon IP1600 to print in OpenSuse 12.1. There are ubuntu instructions on the web, that I am trying to adapt http://askubuntu.com/questions/41615/how-to-install-canon-pixma-ip1600 ...
The cups error log is attached. It contains no errors - cups clearly thinks that all is well. I tried using the command it logs from the command line, with a ps file, but that just got a bunch of stuff printed on the console instead of going to the printer. What could be going wrong here?
Probably the simple fact that we bought Canon printers. I'll never buy another. Mine worked fine as long as 11.2 was supported, but only after I located a driver on Canon's UK web site. The box mine came in said Linux
Oops, that was a basic mistake, turned out this printer does work with 12.1. The problem was, I was not in the "lp" group. Once I figured out that that was required for printing support, the printer now happily prints via cups. Myrosia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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