Canon iXXX in 6.06

**cafn8ed** · June 9th, 2006

I added this into to another older thread, but this may be easier for people to find.

I own a Canon i860 printer and on older Ubuntu distros I was able to get it working by following the directions in this thread:
Canon iXXX howto

When I upgraded to Dapper Drake (Ubuntu 6.06), my printer stopped working. The fault lies in a png library that's required for the printer driver to run, and which is no longer provided in the 6.06 repositories (libpng.so.2). Luckily, there's another library that works as a substitute, you just need to make a link to it using the name that the printer driver is looking for. To get things working, here are the necessary steps:

First, make sure you're really missing libpng.so.2:

1)

Code:

ls /usr/lib/libpng.so.2

If you see this: "ls: /usr/lib/libpng.so.2: No such file or directory", then proceed. If ls actually finds the library on your system, you should stop now and go looking for another solution.

2)

Code:

sudo apt-get install libpng10-0

(Ubuntu may say you already have this installed. That's ok.)

3)

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpng10.so.0 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2

That should do it. Try printing another page. In my case, it worked right away, with no need to restart CUPS or anything else.

**legolas** · June 16th, 2006

/$ sudo apt-get install libpng10-0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libpng10-0 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libpng10-0 has no installation candidate

Hmm. No luck here.

**Matchless** · June 16th, 2006

Originally Posted by cafn8ed

2)

Code:

sudo apt-get install libpng10-0

(Ubuntu may say you already have this installed. That's ok.)

Only libpng12-0 is available on the dapper repos, does this work as well?

**dyrer** · June 18th, 2006

this solution is for i386, is it working on x64

**mandragor** · June 19th, 2006

This howto is slightly incomplete, or did not work for me. The only alterations
you will need are to add repositories for the libtiff and libpng libraries.
Everything is explained here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VidNor#head-...62a0ee58a4fc3b

Send me a PM if something is unclear. Happy printing.

(and BIG thanks to cafn8ed, who's work my guide is based on)

**legolas** · June 19th, 2006

That is using the BJC 7000. I am using them and the quality is really bad. I mean really bad. I was hoping for something besides using those drivers.

**mandragor** · June 23rd, 2006

Check the link in my previous post, it contains instructions to use the original
Canon drivers. I still can't get it to print in grayscale, but the quality is pretty good.

**Acesomeone** · June 23rd, 2006

How does one know which of the drivers to use? I've got a i905D, but no clue which one to try?

**legolas** · June 28th, 2006

Originally Posted by mandragor

This howto is slightly incomplete, or did not work for me. The only alterations
you will need are to add repositories for the libtiff and libpng libraries.
Everything is explained here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VidNor#head-...62a0ee58a4fc3b

Send me a PM if something is unclear. Happy printing.

(and BIG thanks to cafn8ed, who's work my guide is based on)

I have a Japanese Pixus 560i. I did everything that the post said. It went real smoothly. I went to print 20 pages of a document and it petered out on the 8th page-just stopped right in the middle and did not start again. I tried to print it again and it wouldn't start up. What would cause this kind of behavior? Any sugguestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks