Canon MP250 series: official drivers not listed

[Richard Wonka]

Binary package hint: cups

The official drivers are available as .deb packages here: http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100236101.html

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Thu Aug 26 12:46:17 2010
Lpstat:
 device for Canon-MP250-series: usb://Canon/MP250%20series
 device for Deskjet-F4200-series: hp:/usb/Deskjet_F4200_series?serial=CN93Q570N005BR
 device for MP140: usb://Canon/MP140%20series
 device for Samsung-SCX-4200-Series: usb://Samsung/SCX-4100%20Series
MachineType: LENOVO 6366K7G
Papersize: letter
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
PpdFiles:
 MP140: Canon PIXMA MP150 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.5 Simplified
 Deskjet-F4200-series: HP Deskjet f4200 Series hpijs, 3.10.2
 Samsung-SCX-4200-Series: Samsung SCX-4200, SpliX V. 2.0.0
 Canon-MP250-series: Canon MP250 series Ver.3.20
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=32652736-7887-4a17-a230-2c964d60417a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cups
dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 7JET24WW (1.09 )
dmi.board.name: 6366K7G
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7JET24WW(1.09):bd05/16/2007:svnLENOVO:pn6366K7G:pvrThinkPadX60Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn6366K7G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 6366K7G
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X60 Tablet
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

The official drivers for this printer are proprietary and closed source, therefore we cannot/are not allowed to include them into Ubuntu.

Actually your printer manufacturer needs to provide a openprinting distribution independent driver package as described here: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/WritingAndPackagingPrinterDrivers
This would allow automatic download and installation of the manufacturers printer driver by system-config-printer as already implemented by this specification: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/printerdriverautodownload since Ubuntu Intrepid.
As mentioned the system-config-printer part is implemented.
You should ask your manufacturer in this case Canon to provide a distibution independent package that allows their printer driver to be installed automatically on Linux in general (not only Ubuntu).

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

And the gutenprint package includes into Ubuntu provides an open-source driver for this printer!