Gimp won't print with Pixus i560 driver

[Steve Trent]

After installing the appropriate Pixus driver and associated files for my Canon
i560, I cant' get Gimp to print images. When I click on the print button, the
printer's light starts to blink and the internal components make a few noises
but it doesn't actually print. The printer works fine with all the other
applications I've tried. The GIMP pritner interface lists the proper printer and
assigns it Post Script Level 2.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

From where did you obtain this driver? I don't see a driver by that name in the
bundles shipped with Ubuntu, and this sounds like a driver problem.

[Steve Trent (trents30)]

Here's where I got them: ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/.

I found that site discussed in the following forum excerpt:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=10540

Thanks, Steve Trent(In reply to comment #1)
> From where did you obtain this driver? I don't see a driver by that name in the
> bundles shipped with Ubuntu, and this sounds like a driver problem.

[Steve Trent (trents30)]

I think I figured out some things. First of all, GIMP uses its own printer
drivers (you can view the make and model options under the "Setup Printer"
choice in GIMP's Print interface). If your main printer driver choice is not
found in GIMP's printer options, you won't be able to print in GIMP. Secondly,
for GIMP assings a "Post Script 2" level to the printer by default. If you leave
it there, it won't print. You have to change that by actually choose you printer
make and model from the drop down box and the save the settings or it will
revert back to Post Script 2 on the next load.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 22100.