HOWTO: Install Canon Pixma iP1300 with CUPS

[age6racer]

Credit: This is a translated version of Reinaldo's post on the openprinting forums. All credit goes to Reinaldo

Prerequisites: You will need to have alien installed to convert the .rpm's into .debs for installation in Ubuntu.

Step 1:
Follow this link
and download the archive from Canon's website.

Step 2:
Unpack the archive
$tar -xf iP2200_Linux_260.tar.gz

Step 3:
Delete an unwanted .rpm
$rm cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.src.rpm

Step 4:
Convert the remaining rpm's into .deb's
$sudo alien -d -c *.rpm

Step 4:
Install the .deb files
$sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Step 5:
Install libgtk1.2
$sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

Step 6:
Create symbolic links
$sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng.so.3
$sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2 /usr/lib/libxml.so.1
$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

Step 7: (optional)
Configure the iP2200 ppd file
$sudo gedit /usr/share/cups/model/canonip2200.ppd (default config works fine @ 600dpi)

Make your choices as to which detail level you require.

*OpenUI *CNQuality/Quality: PickOne
*DefaultCNQuality: 3
*CNQuality 2/High: "2"
*CNQuality 3/Normal: "3"
*CNQuality 4/Standard: "4"
*CNQuality 5/Economy: "5"
*CloseUI: *CNQuality

*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

Step 8:
Restart CUPS

$sudo killall cupsd
$sudo cupsd

Step 9:
Add your new printer

Open printing dialog in system settings
Add new printer
Choose Canon IP1300 USB # entry
When asked choose to manually choosea PPD file
browse to /usr/share/cups/model/canonip2200.ppd
Apply all settings and close wizard.

Step 10:
Print a test page! Your Canon Pixma iP1300 should be working at long last!!

Happy printing!