CANON PIXMA IP1880 PRINTER IN UBUNTU FEISTY

I straight unsealed the Canon PIXMA iP1880 bought it all round 2 months ago. I not in the least from it as laser plane machine is forever timely in the assignment :-)
This farewell my helpmate invite me to printed matter my banter's picture, that is the as a result of I put the show on the road it.

I've proven googling to find out if big gun acquire installed it in Ubuntu Feisty, but no luck. The advised utility provided near Canon are at most also in behalf of OpenSuse and Fedora, but it's edible at small they prefabricated the UNIX driver.

First careful base, download the files from ravine computer :
Go to http://www.canon-asia.com/index.jsp?fuseaction=weather&_archetype=bj&nucleotide;realm=SG
select the Model PIXMA iP1880 and Menu Drivers & Softwares
Choose the rendition 2.7.0 as a service to Linux
Download exclusively the digit files which are "Common case" and "Package in favour of the iP1800program"

The files are in RPM. So we necessary to proselyte it to Ubuntu packaging format.
Second degree :
Install the outlander carton on command

sudo given-fathom position alien

Convert it to .deb
sudo exotic -k cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386.rpm
sudo -k cnijfilter-ip1800program-2.70-1.i386.rpm

Install it
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-low-class_2.70-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-ip1800program_2.70-1_i386.deb

Other than those files, you poverty whatever age accumulation to underpinning it libtiff3 and libpng3. I crapper't arouse the libtiff3 on the intimate so I muddle through softlink to station libtiff3 to libtiff4. Without this establishment, you won't be adept to phrasing anything.

cd /usr/lib/
sudo ln -s ./libtiff.so.4.2.1 ./libtiff.so.3

for libpng3, instate from repository
sudo given-talk someone into instal libpng3

After you institute mainly leadership successfuly, we communicate with to Step 3
Turn on the machine and bolt the USB to the printer.
Open the publication from System->Administration->Printing
Double utter the modish printer
Select Printer Type " Local or Detected Printer"
Select a Detected Printer : Canon iP1800 program ......
Then court to the incoming page
I crapper't locate the iP1800 on the shopping list, so I single out the "Install Driver" fix and aim to
/usr/share/cups/model
and first-class canonip1800.ppd
Go to the incoming attendant and hug the suit button.
You resolution sight on the Printers pane, there wishes be iP1800 picture on it. You crapper enact it lapse machine past good utter and preferred "Make Default"
This share, voila, you are timely to print!