Printer drivers

[Curtrey]

Could any kind person please advise me where I can find a printer driver for my Samsung ML4500 printer. I have searched Cups and the Samsung site but no luck.

I also need a driver for my Canon MP270 whgich I purchased recently from new but again I can not find a driver on PCBSD or CUPS. It may be that my eyes are not all they should be but I am now very tired of fruitless searching.

[Curtrey]

Sorry to waste every one's time. I've found a driver which works my ML4500 on the Linux.org site under ML4500 but 'hidden' away in the MAC section. All's well that ends well!!

[guyderennes]

I managed to make it run with ethernet network. I used this link.
For the PS to Canon IJ filter
You must use here "Ports jail" konsole :
** ls /usr/ports/print | grep cups etc …

These ports are already installed on PC-BSD 8.1
print/cups
emulators/linux_base-fc4
graphics/linux-jpeg
graphics/linux-png
graphics/linux-tiff
archivers/rpm2cpio

For compiling the Canon CUPS filter
With "Ports jail" we see these ports are also already installed :
devel/autotools
devel/gmake
shells/bash

Read /usr/ports/print/cups-base/pkg-message, and set some necessary settings.
I do nothing here with pc-bsd 8.1

Set the following lines to /etc/rc.conf :
It is already good : Nothing to do
linux_enable="YES"
cupsd_enable="YES"

Download the IJ Printer Driver mp640series for Linux

The following two archives are required :

cnijfilter-mp640series-3.20-1-i386-rpm.tar.gz
cnijfilter-source-3.20-1.tar.gz

I do not download theses archives for the scanner, since I succeed without them (see later)
scangearmp-mp640series-1.40-1-i386-rpm.tar.gz
scangearmp-source-1.40-1.tar.gz

These archives are available at the following sites:

Canon Australia - Drivers
http://www.canon.com.au/drivers/ (I found my archives here)

Canon Singapore - Support & Download Search
http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/

Canon in Japan - "Software Download - Other OSes" (in Japanese)
http://cweb.canon.jp/drv-upd/bj/other.html#linux

I move these archives in /MyPath/rpmLinux
I make an other folder : /MyPath/mp640
Of course we could do without this last folder mp640 ...

Installing the binary package for mp640
Install
I clic (or double-clic)on these two "cnijfilter-*.tar.gz" archives and I have now two folders "cnijfilter-mp640series-3.20-1-i386-rpm" and "cnijfilter-source-3.20-1"

I open the konsole (shell)
$ cd /MyPath/mp640 # working directory
$ rpm2cpio ../rpmLinux/cnijfilter-mp640series-3.20-1-i386-rpm/packages/cnijfilter-mp640series-3.20-1.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd
This give a /MyPath/mp640/usr folder
$ su
Password:
# cp -Ri ./usr /compat/linux/
# /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -r /compat/linux

Compiling the Canon CUPS filter, and a printing test
Compile

Extract the common source archive, and apply a patch:
ctrl-d to quit root rights
With shell konsole we are in /MyPath/mp640
$ mkdir common
Download this following file in "common" folder :
http://homepage2.nifty.com/dumb_show...0-freebsd.diff
and rename cnijfilter-common-2.80-freebsd.diff with the new name cnijfilter-source-3.20-1.diff. Edit this file and substitute "cnijfilter-common-2.80" string by "cnijfilter-source-3.20-1"

copy /MyPath/rpmLinux/cnijfilter-source-3.20-1 in /MyPath/mp640/common

Then compile and install.

$ cd common
$ patch < ./cnijfilter-source-3.20-1.diff

I have something like this :
Hmm... Looks like a unified diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- ./cnijfilter-source-3.20-1/pstocanonij/filter/Makefile.am.orig Thu May 10 15:28:03 2007
|+++ ./cnijfilter-source-3.20-1/pstocanonij/filter/Makefile.am Wed Jan 2 22:35:11 2008
etc ..

Now use "Ports jail" konsole

% cd /MyPath/mp640/common/cnijfilter-source-3.20-1/libs
% ./autogen.sh
% gmake
% cd ../pstocanonij
% ./autogen.sh
% gmake
% cd ../

Now use the “standard" konsole
% su
Password:
# cd /MyPath/mp640/common/cnijfilter-source-3.20-1
# cp -i pstocanonij/filter/pstocanonij /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/
# cp -i ppd/*.ppd /usr/local/share/cups/model/

Register the printer. (super user)
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart

The graphical menu sytemsettings > printer allows to setup a new printer : choose lpd/lpr. I gave the ip adress of my printer mp640 and the ppd file /MyPath/mp640/common/cnijfilter-source-3.20-1/ppd/canonmp640.ppd

Visit http://localhost:631/ with a web browser, and click "Printers" -> "Print Test Page".

Now the scanner
(super user) In file /usr/local/etc/sane.d/pixma.conf I add bjnp://192.168.1.25 which is my MP640 device address.
% scanimage -L
device `pixma:MP640_192.168.1.25' is a CANON Canon PIXMA MP640 multi-function peripheral
The frontend Xsane doesn't find the scanner ! But with skanlite it is good !!

[drulavigne]

Regarding the Canon MP270, can you test the following instrucitons and let us know if the official Canon driver works on PC-BSD? If so, we can add it to the system. Here are the instructions:

Download from http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/5/010000...386-rpm.tar.gz (I hope your system is 32 bit and the link works; if not, I'll give you the original Japanese page so you can try to find the correct download using Google translate). Untar the downloaded file (with tar -xzvf). Then, as superuser:

cd /compat/linux
rpm2cpio /path_to/cnijfilter-mp270series-3.20-1-i386-rpm/packages/cnijfilter-common-3.20-1.i386.rpm | cpio -id

rpm2cpio /path_to/cnijfilter-mp270series-3.20-1-i386-rpm/packages/cnijfilter-common-3.20-1.i386.rpm | cpio -id

In theory, that should place the files that print manager needs to setup the printer. However, I don't have access to that printer model to test the theory :-)

[Curtrey]

Sorry to be so dim but you lost me after download. The download is sitting in the download file and clicking on it does nothing but request a program to open it with. I don't know about untar and a search reveals nothing.Where do I find tar-xzvf?
The next line 'cd/compat/linux' means nothing to me. What should I do?

best wishes

curtrey

[drulavigne]

These commands are typed in as superuser from the command line. So, the tar command is:

tar -xzvf cnijfilter-mp270series-3.20-1-i386-rpm.tar.gz

Then type the other commands, starting with cd /compat/linux

[Curtrey]

sorry I still can not proceed. I assume that you want me to open a Konsole terminal. I do this and type in exactly as you advise and get the reply unable to open archive. I have also tried to open the download with ARK which appears to produce .rpm files. Whatever command I use produces the reply command not found. As I have spent over 16 hours trying to get my printers working with PCBSD I feel that unless you have further recommendations I will cease this matter as it seems far too complicated compared to Windows and even Ubuntu. I have managed to install my printers in Ubuntu.
As I only now have Canon mp270series printers I can not use PCBSD. Very disappointing but PCBSD is not a click and go system like Windows. Command lines are not for ordinary people but for software engineers/programmers/and geeks interested in the workings of the machine; I have the same comments but to a lesser extent about Ubuntu.

Thank you for your help

Best wishes

Curtrey

[drulavigne]

Does anyone else on the forums have this model of printer so we can test to see if the driver works?

[Curtrey]

If it is any help Canon inform me that the Pixma MP 270 and Pixma MP 272 are the same. According to Canon technical Dept in UK It is a marketing ploy. The paperwork and manual which comes with the M270 also refers to the Pixma MP 250. Whether that is a further 'marketing ploy' I don't know. The Canon Europe web site has several downloads. I obtained the debian printer driver for MP 270 and with the help of the Ubuntu o/s installed the driver to work the MP 270 in Ubuntu. I have stupendously failed to get any results trying to install a driver in PCBSD to work my MP 270.