Re: [gNewSense-users] Printer trouble

[Sam Geeraerts]

aurelien schreef:
> Printer | usb :
>
> lsusb
> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04a9:1091 Canon, Inc. 
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
>
> The system find the printer but no exact drivers, when i sent printing
> order, it don't print anything
>
> Thanks to all for your help
> aurelien

Hi aurelien, welcome to gNewSense.

Thanks for being thorough in providing information for your problem. 
From the last part I gather that it's a Canon PIXMA iP1500. According 
to the OpenPrinting database [1] it should be possible to get this 
working, but I'm not sure if that information has been verified. This 
model is indeed not available in the printer configuration list in 
gNewSense. However, I have seen reports that say that maybe the driver 
for printer types BJC-7000 or BJC-7004 might work. You could also try 
the other PIXMA iP.... drivers. If all else fails, [1] says that your 
printer also supports direct text printing. Then it can only print 
simple texts, but that still better than nothing. To enable this, choose 
make Generic, model text-only.

Please consider contacting Canon to ask for free drivers for their 
printers. If every printer owner would do this, it probably wouldn't be 
long before Canon would fulfill that request.

[1] http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-PIXMA_iP1500