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Topic: Canon i560, how to get it to print

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Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 14 2005,11:03

Can someone get me on the right track? I need to print to a canon i560 color inkjet printer (usb).

I tried the canon driver which is on dsl 0.8.4 but that doesn't work. On the canon-site there is no linux-driver for the i560.

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clivesay

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Posted: Feb. 14 2005,12:46

A couple of suggestions......

1. Did you try a driver under the option 4 gimprint?
2. Did you remember to restart the printer daemon after you
named your printer?

The option 4 drivers have worked on pretty much any printer I have tried so far.

Good luck

Chris

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Posted: Feb. 15 2005,04:47

You can try the newer gimp-print driver (option 5 in DSL 0.9.2).

Then choose printer "Canon BJC-7000 [gimp/bjc-7000]
which was option number 18 on my screen.

According to this website, version 4.2.7 of the gimp bjc-7000 drivers will work with your printer:

http://home.sandiego.edu/~reinholz/freebsd/cups.htm

Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 15 2005,07:57

I tried option 4 and got a nice testpage running in color. (printerdriver 24) After that i closed the installation script and started the printerdaemon. After that i couldn't print to the newly made printer.

Some info i had to choose/fill in:

var/spool/lpd (ower and Group: lp)
/dev/usb/lp0
canon_lp (print queue name)

Mabey i made a mistake by naming the queue? (was default lp)

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Patrick

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Posted: Feb. 18 2005,08:04

YES!

I used the "Canon BJC-7000 [gimp/bjc-7000]" and changed the print queue name back into the default name: lp0 and now it works!

i hope i backed-up the right files: var/spool/lpd/lp/ opt/printcap
and opt/apsfilter, so i don't have to reinstall the printer again..

Thank you all for helping..

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