Let me tell you how i installed Canon Pixma IP3600 printer driver in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and made it works.

Yesterday, i needed to install driver for my IJ printer. I tried to found it in Ubuntu software center, but it was unsuccess.

Next i downloaded the driver from official web site: Debian Linux Printer Driver .In this .tar archive i was found three files:

  • cnijfilter-common_3.00-1_i386.deb - common .deb file. Needs to  … i think … to all Canon printers.
  • cnijfilter-ip3600series_3.00-1_i386.deb – driver for printer with PPD file.
  • cnijfilter-common-3.00-1.tar.gz – source

I tried to install this .deb packages, but it was unsuccess. I’ve got an error depended with libcupsys2 library (in new release this library replaced by libcups2). I changed library libcupsys2 to  libcups2 in packages then rebuild it and install in my OS (Ubuntu 10.04) succesful. I show you how i did this. Read the rest of this entry »

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