Installing Printer Canon ip2200
The cups installed on Suse 11.1 does not include my printer.
I have purchased [about 3 years ago]
/Turboprint/turboprint.tpkey
/Turboprint/turboprint-1.91-2.i386.rpm
/Turboprint/ReadMe-Keyfile
for use on my other machine which uses 10.2
The printer works fine using this Turboprint.
Can I install it on 11.1 and any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
yes; if you are just updating the system on your computer, you keep the core files of turboprint, on say a USB stick, and copy them over, install, and they should work well …
… though …
they did upgrade turboprint to version 2 from the version 1 series, with various enhancements; check your version number;since you are registered with them, you can download the latest version;
Hi
Thanks for reply.
I have version 1 and it is a new installation on the computer below. I do see that they have version 2 but it seems expensive to keep buying this to get my printer working?
Thanks
The update for version 2 for 2 computers is £40.
Surely there must be a way round this - thats more than the price of the printers!
On Wed January 21 2009 11:36 am, signetone wrote:
>
> signetone;1931385 Wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Thanks for reply.
>>
>> I have version 1 and it is a new installation on the computer below. I
>> do see that they have version 2 but it seems expensive to keep buying
>> this to get my printer working?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> The update for version 2 for 2 computers is £40.
>
> Surely there must be a way round this - thats more than the price of
> the printers!
>
>
signetone;
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
I see Canon Asia make drivers available for your ip2200 now;
go to this website
and you need to download
the common driver as an rpm file, and install it first (MOST IMPORTANT);
download the specific ip2200 driver as rpm file and install
open YaST and hopefully the driver is now available there, and you can configure; if not, you will need to open CUPS but get back to us on that one;
if you need advice on installing rpm files, again, get back to the forum
Hi
Thanks very much
Did 1, 2 and 3 using Kpackage.
The driver does now appear in YAST but in hardware printers it shows as printout disabled?
An icon appeared on desktop, like the queue.
I printed off a document but the printer shows but has a small red X over it?
Ant ideas?
Thanks
On Thu January 22 2009 03:36 am, signetone wrote:
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> pdc_2;1931746 Wrote:
>> I see Canon Asia make drivers available for your ip2200 now;
>>
>> go to this website
>>
>> ‘Canon’ (http://tinyurl.com/byx7w5)
>>
>> and you need to download
>>
>> 1) the common driver as an rpm file, and install it first (MOST
>> IMPORTANT);
>>
>> 2) download the specific ip2200 driver as rpm file and install
>>
>> 3) open YaST and hopefully the driver is now available there, and you
>> can configure; if not, you will need to open CUPS but get back to us on
>> that one;
>>
>> if you need advice on installing rpm files, again, get back to the
>> forum
>
> Hi
>
> Thanks very much
>
> Did 1, 2 and 3 using Kpackage.
>
> The driver does now appear in YAST but in hardware printers it shows as
> printout disabled?
> An icon appeared on desktop, like the queue.
>
> I printed off a document but the printer shows but has a small red X
> over it?
>
> Ant ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Try to configure directly in CUPS. You will find CUPS here:
http://localhost:631/
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Hi
Yes done that.
I opened the printer. It will mot print but the item is in the queue and the printer looks available but does not print.
I tried to print the test page from CUPS and the following;-
canonip2200 “Unable to start filter “pstocanonij” - No such file or directory.”
Description: Canon iP2200 Ver.2.60
Location:
Printer Driver: Canon iP2200 Ver.2.60
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: usb://Canon/iP2200
Any ideas?
Thanks
the printer does work on my old laptop, usuing 10.2 and turboprint but as i said that is now £40 the price of a printer.
I did but a couple of these printers as they were good and selling for less than the cost of the ink refills?
On Thu January 22 2009 12:16 pm, signetone wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Yes done that.
>
> I opened the printer. It will mot print but the item is in the queue
> and the printer looks available but does not print.
>
> I tried to print the test page from CUPS and the following;-
>
> canonip2200 “Unable to start filter “pstocanonij” - No such file or
> directory.”
>
> Description: Canon iP2200 Ver.2.60
> Location:
> Printer Driver: Canon iP2200 Ver.2.60
> Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
> Device URI: usb://Canon/iP2200
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
<snip>
signetone;
Try this:
Look in /user/lib/cups/filter to see if pstocanonij exists there. If so try
adding a link to it in /user/lib64/cups/filter.
–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
signetone;
Try this:
Look in /user/lib/cups/filter to see if pstocanonij exists there. If so try
adding a link to it in /user/lib64/cups/filter.
–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green[/QUOTE]
Hi
Thanks for reply
I cannot find the above folder
do you mean
/home/user
if so there is no lib
if it is in the root folder i do not know how to look as it is locked?
also what do you mean by adding a link?
sorry newbie but learning all the time!
Thanks
Hi
using su in the terminal program and getting down to root i have lib and lib64
linux-n2vd:/ # dir
total 360
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-14 16:10 bin
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-01-23 08:20 boot
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4600 2009-01-23 08:18 dev
drwxr-xr-x 110 root root 12288 2009-01-23 08:19 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-21 19:41 hardware info
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-01-20 12:45 home
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2009-01-15 21:05 lib
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2009-01-14 15:10 lib64
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2009-01-14 15:03 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-23 08:18 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-03 10:23 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2008-12-03 10:23 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 131 root root 0 2009-01-23 08:17 proc
drwx------ 11 root root 4096 2009-01-23 08:29 root
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 2009-01-23 08:20 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-12-09 21:50 srv
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 2009-01-23 08:17 sys
drwxrwxrwt 25 root root 266240 2009-01-23 08:30 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2008-12-09 21:50 usr
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 2008-12-09 21:56 var
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-01-14 15:04 windows
linux-n2vd:/ #
neither lib or lib64 have that file but maybe i am in wrong place as you say user
I can only find
linux-n2vd:/home/user # dir
total 124
-rw------- 1 user users 0 2009-01-20 12:45 .bash_history
-rw-r–r-- 1 user users 1177 2009-01-20 12:45 .bashrc
drwx------ 7 user users 4096 2009-01-20 13:25 .beagle
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:45 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .config
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .dbus
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 Desktop
-rw------- 1 user users 22 2009-01-20 13:25 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:45 Documents
-rw-r–r-- 1 user users 1637 2009-01-20 12:45 .emacs
-rw------- 1 user users 16 2009-01-20 12:46 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .fontconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .fonts
drwxr----- 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .hplip
-rw------- 1 user users 0 2009-01-20 13:28 .ICEauthority
-rw-r–r-- 1 user users 861 2009-01-20 12:45 .inputrc
drwx------ 4 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .kde
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .kde4
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .local
drwxr-xr-x 3 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:51 .mcop
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:45 .mozilla
-rw-r–r-- 1 user users 1028 2009-01-20 12:45 .profile
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:45 public_html
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .pulse
-rw------- 1 user users 256 2009-01-20 12:46 .pulse-cookie
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 13:25 .qt
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .skel
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 2009-01-20 12:46 .wapi
-rw------- 1 user users 0 2009-01-20 13:28 .Xauthority
-rw-r–r-- 1 user users 1940 2009-01-20 12:45 .xim.template
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 1446 2009-01-20 12:45 .xinitrc.template
-rw------- 1 user users 10281 2009-01-20 13:28 .xsession-errors
linux-n2vd:/home/user #
thanks
you can look for what PV is pointing you towards, by using the GUI;
by that I mean, go to your desktop;
on ours, top left, we have “pdc_home” so yours may say “signetonehome” or whatever your user name is;
we use gnome;
if we open that box, we have options to the left; (KDE must have a similar option); so ours says pdc and underneath, file system;
if you click on that, and open;
you look for the directory that says user;
open that; you are likely to see a directory called lib and one called lib64;
when you get back to us, confirm that you see the above;
then open lib; (as you should merely be logged in as a user, do not worry that you can harm or change your system; as user, you should not)
(it will take a while; a circle at the top right of the box rotates as the system finds all the contents of lib)
you should see a directory called cups;
click to open that: you should then see a directory called filter;
open that;
do you now see a file called something like pstocanonij
if you do, let us know;
then backtrack to lib64; open down to the filter directory in that; there should no be pstocanonij there; I would suspect that by copying pstocanonij from its current place to inside filter, in lib64 that you may get some action;
Hi
Found lib and lib64 neither contain dir called cups.
Found dir cups in dir called etc
but cups dir does not contain dir called filter??
Thanks
On Fri January 23 2009 01:06 pm, signetone wrote:
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> Hi
>
> Found lib and lib64 neither contain dir called cups.
>
> Found dir cups in dir called etc
>
> but cups dir does not contain dir called filter??
>
> Thanks
>
>
signetone;
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
hi Thanks for reply
Its the machine in my signature Suse 11.1 and KDE 3.5
There is nothing in user - there is no directory call lib or lib64 there, even hidden?
Thanks
On Fri January 23 2009 01:55 pm, PV wrote:
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
Hi
in usr there is
also
file:///usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij
but not in
/usr/lib64/cups/filter
any good?
On Fri January 23 2009 02:36 pm, signetone wrote:
>
> signetone;1932615 Wrote:
>> hi Thanks for reply
>>
>> Its the machine in my signature Suse 11.1 and KDE 3.5
>>
>> There is nothing in user - there is no directory call lib or lib64
>> there, even hidden?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Hi
>
> in usr there is
>
> also
> file:///usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij
> but not in
> /usr/lib64/cups/filter
>
> any good?
>
>
signetone;
Open a terminal window. Then enter this:
su
<enter root's password at the prompt>
ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij /usr/lib64/cups/filter
–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green
On Fri January 23 2009 02:58 pm, PV wrote:
> On Fri January 23 2009 02:36 pm, signetone wrote:
>
>>
>> signetone;1932615 Wrote:
>> in usr there is
>>
>> also
>> file:///usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij
>> but not in
>> /usr/lib64/cups/filter
>>
>> any good?
>>
>>
> signetone;
> Open a terminal window. Then enter this:
>
> su
> <enter root's password at the prompt>
> ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij /usr/lib64/cups/filter
>
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green