can not use canon PIXMA ip 1700

[St.Sohag]

 i m a ubuntu 7.10 user but i cannot install canon PIXMA ip 1700, now tell me what can i do now

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

According to http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-PIXMA_iP1700 some people got this printer working with the proprietary Canon driver for the iP 2200.

If you want your printer driver to be installed automatically in future versions of Ubuntu, these steps need to be taken:
At first you should ask your printer manufacturer for a Linux driver for your specific printer model.
Secondly you should also ask you manufacturer to provide a distribution independent driver package as described here: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/WritingAndPackagingPrinterDrivers, so we can implement this specification: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/printerdriverautodownload in future versions of Ubuntu that will automatically install your printer driver.

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Could you test Intrepid if your printer works with it?

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.