Problems printing to remote (LPR) printer

[Tom Watson]

> Tom Watson wrote:
>
> >> Tom Watson wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Tom Watson wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > I have a remote printer attached to my nice router.  It has a nice
> >> >> > print queue, and I have been able to print to it successfully using
> >> >> > an older
> >> >> > version of CPUP (v1.1.x it says on the test page).  The printer is a
> >> >> > Cannon ip1600, and the URI that I use is "lpr://router/lpUSB0".  I
> >> >> > have done a bit of investigation, and using TCPDUMP I was able to
> >> >> > see that the "good" instance (the actual system is a Fedora 8 Linux
> >> >> > box) emits about
> >> >> > 1.9 Mbytes of data to the printer.  The "not working" instance (CUPS
> >> >> > 1.5 from Fedora 16) emits around 176kbytes, and the printer swallows
> >> >> > the data in about 1 second or so, with no output to the printer.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Something is not right in my neighborhood, as this DOES work with an
> >> >> > earlier instance of CUPS.  The only thing that I think that is
> >> >> > happening is that somehow the driver doesn't go through the
> >> >> > Postscript (Ghostscript) interpreter to get the raster data for the
> >> >> > printer.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks for the assistance.
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you please supply an error_log (log level debug) for a test print
> >> >> of both the cups 1.1.x and cups 1.5.0 system?
> >> >>
> >> >> Helge
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
>
> Thanks for the log file. I saw that your cups 1.5.0 installation uses
> gutenprint 5.2.7 for this printer. The ip1600 is supported for the first
> time in this version but still marked as "EXPERIMENTAL" which means
> essentially untested.
>
> Yout working configuration uses a canon proprietary filter named
> pstocanonij.
>
> Before digging deeper into the gutenprint issue, I'd suggest to re-install
> the pstocanonij filter. I found installable packages for this printer
> (ip1600) at
> http://software.canon-europe.com .
>
> As I do not know which system you are on, I cannot give more detailed
> information.
>
> Helge
>
I did a lookup both on canon-europe and usa.canon and there was no Linux driver listed (maybe I missed it?).  On the cups 1.3.9 system, I use the iP2200 driver on that system, and it uses gutenprint 5.0.2.  The F16 system uses cups 1.5.0 and Gutenprint 5.2.7

I located a version of 'pstocanonij' on the CUPS 1.3.9 system, but I am a bit puzzled where the printer database (given a printer, what filters to work, and which '.ppd' file to use).  It IS out there somewhere, and I really do want to use 'pstocanonij' but my question is how do I make it link up.  Maybe you can give me a clue.

Of course, a URL for canon's latest 'pstocanonij' might help as well, providing it works on Linux.

I suspect that once I understand just how it connects together, I'll make it work out (one way or another!).

Again, thanks for the help.