Canon ip1000 printer driver

[aum11]

Has anyone been able to get canon ip1000 up and running without having to buy the turboprint driver?
I appreciate all help. Thanks.

[aum11]

I was able to successfully use the turboprint driver for the Canon ip1000.
By setting the resolution to "draft"(300 dpi), it prints using the free edition in both grayscale and colour.
Very handy.

[mururoa-fr]

Bad choice ( canon ) of printer under linux.
Canon and many other printer manufacturers wont publish ANY printer driver for linux by choice.
It's not that they cant do it with very few work since they publish for MAC OS-X, it's that they wont do it because they hate linux or want to please Microsoft; make your choice.
If you are using linux and want to buy a printer go at first there --> http://www.linuxprinting.org/. Usefull if you already have a printer and want to find a driver too.
I own a canon i865 but it's my last canon printer since I hate having to export as pdf and find a windows computer to print my document while I have a printer directly attached to my computer

[Boyzcha]

This driver for ip1000

The HOWTO:
1. Install required packages
Install alien with synaptic
Install libxml1 with synaptic (required later on to run canon's bjcups application)

2. Download Driver
open terminal
cd to your preferred download directory
For ip1000:

$ wget http://www.mafia.or.id/bjfilter/bjfi....50-2.i386.rpm
$ wget http://www.mafia.or.id/bjfilter/bjfi....50-2.i386.rpm
$ wget http://www.mafia.or.id/bjfilter/bjfi....50-2.i386.rpm

3. Convert .rpm to .deb
$ sudo alien bjfilter-common-2.50-2.i386.rpm
$ sudo alien bjfilter-pixmaip1000-2.50-2.i386.rpm
$ sudo alien bjfilter-pixmaip1000-lprng-2.50-2.i386.rpm

4. Install
$ sudo dpkg -i <names of the 3 generated deb files>

5.Edit .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 ip1000)
$ sudo gedit /usr/share/cups/model/canonpixmaip1000.ppd
Add these lines:
*OpenUI *CNQuality/Quality: PickOne
*DefaultCNQuality: 3
*CNQuality 2/High: "2"
*CNQuality 3/Normal: "3"
*CNQuality 4/Standard: "4"
*CNQuality 5/Economy: "5"
*CloseUI: *CNQuality

You can also replace these lines:
*OpenUI *Resolution/Output Resolution: PickOne
*DefaultResolution: 600
*Resolution 600/600 dpi: "<</HWResolution[600 600]>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *Resolution
with:
*OpenUI *Resolution/Output Resolution: PickOne
*DefaultResolution: 600
*Resolution 600/600 dpi: "<</HWResolution[600 600]>>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 1200/1200 dpi: "<</HWResolution[1200 1200]>>setpagedevice"
*Resolution 2400/2400 dpi: "<</HWResolution[2400 2400]>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *Resolution

Save the file

6. Fix libs

$sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2
$sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3
$sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 /usr/lib/libxml.so.1

7. Restart Cups
$ sudo killall cupsd
$ sudo cupsd

8. Setup Printer
-System>Administration>Printing>New Printer
-Choose Local or network printer and specify port or url, respectively
-Forward
Manufacturer>canon
Model> PIXMA IP1000
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)

9. Test
Right Click on printer> properties>print test page

10. Setup on GIMP
-open an image to print
-file>print>Choose your printer name>setup printer:
Printer Model>PostScript level 2
command>lpr -P <your printer name> (PIXMA IP1000)
PPD File>browse at /usr/share/cups/model/ (mine is /usr/share/cups/model/canonpixusip4100.ppd)
-OK
-Save Settings
-Print

Linux For All I just try to help

[cuboconojos]

Boyzcha, thanks so much for the help. I followed your instructions and everything worked great!!
Give this guy some cups of Ubuntu!!!

Thanks again! I wish someday I could help someone like you did with me.

As you said... Linux for all!!!

[aum11]

Thanks so much Boyzcha. Awesome.

This is a great howto.

The old Ip1000 is now working perfectly.

[krait]

hi boyzcha,

i followed ur howto and am now able to print wit my ip1000. jus one problem tho, wen i used open office excel to print, even tho i set the properties to print in grayscale, it printed wit color. Is there any solution to this?

thanks in advance

cheers

[bonjun]

thanks to this howto, Boyzcha
my pixma ip1000 works great...

what about determining ink level, where and how can i get that... thanks

[jingo811]

Does the well explained tutorial above work for all general Canon printers or is it exclusive only for ip1000?

I have Canon BJC 3000, in Windows XP I've installed it by using the Netgear Gateway/Router port and using the UNIX print drivers that's included in XP CD.
I haven't come to troubleshoot my printer yet still having other hardware trouble in Ubuntu so I might have to bookmark this Thread for later troubleshooting.

[louis_nichols]

Has anyone worked out how to use the GUI's that the packages offer? The monitor and the printer config?

I mean, they can be started from the command line, but bjcupsmon would be quite useful if it were started on print. And perhaps use bjcups to setup the printing properties...