How can I print documents on CANON Prixma ip1880 printer?

not getting problem solved

I went to the canon usa site and there are no Linux drivers listed for your printer. I next did some googling and found that the canon asia site does have Linux drivers for your printer. Here is a excerpt from a gentleman's blog on how to install the drivers in Ubuntu;

First step installation, download the files from canon server :
Go to http://www.canon-asia.com/index.jsp?fuseaction=support&prod_type=bj&country=SG

select the Model PIXMA iP1880 and Menu Drivers & Softwares
Choose the version 2.7.0 for Linux

Download only the two files which are "Common package" and "Package for the iP1800series"

The files are in RPM. So we need to convert it to Ubuntu packaging format.

Second step :
Install the alien package by command:
sudo apt-get install alien

Convert it to .deb
sudo alien -k cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386.rpm
sudo alien -k cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386.rpm

Install it
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-common_2.70-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-ip1800series_2.70-1_i386.deb

Other than those files, you need some old library to support it like libtiff3 and libpng3. I can't find the libtiff3 on the repository so I make softlink to point libtiff3 to libtiff4. Without this installation, you won't be able to print anything.

cd /usr/lib/
sudo ln -s ./libtiff.so.4.2.1 ./libtiff.so.3

for libpng3, install from repository
sudo apt-get install libpng3

After you install above command successfuly, we go to Step 3
Turn on the printer and connect the USB to the printer.
Open the printing from System->Administration->Printing
Double click the new printer
Select Printer Type " Local or Detected Printer"
Select a Detected Printer : Canon iP1800 series ......
Then go to the next page
I can't find the iP1800 on the list, so I select the "Install Driver" button and point to
/usr/share/cups/model
and select canonip1800.ppd
Go to the next page and press the apply button.
You will see on the Printers window, there will be iP1800 icon on it. You can make it default printer by right click and select "Make Default"
This part, voila, you are ready to print!

When I tried 2nd step that is concert to .deb, it's not working. It says file not found. Please help...

Were you in the directory where you saved the RPM's when you ran alien?
In any case, while testing this for you I sucessfully made the deb files, If your using feisty they should work on your machine, Download them from here;

http://www.MegaShare.com/291220

http://www.MegaShare.com/291224

Just follow the rest of the install and you should be ok, please post back if you have a problem.

this is till unsolved, ca you help me please....

Please let us know where your having trouble, did you try to install the deb files I provided?

Yes sir, It shows the message Files not found" what should I do?

On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 09:38 +0000, John Bruno wrote:
> Your question #14909 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/14909
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> John Bruno proposed the following answer:
> Please let us know where your having trouble, did you try to install the
> deb files I provided?
>

Yes I tried every thing that you provided to me, how ever it shows me following errors,

mahendra@mahendra-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-common_2.70-1_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing cnijfilter-common_2.70-1_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cnijfilter-common_2.70-1_i386.deb
mahendra@mahendra-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg -i cnijfilter-ip1800series_2.70-1_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing cnijfilter-ip1800series_2.70-1_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cnijfilter-ip1800series_2.70-1_i386.deb
mahendra@mahendra-desktop:~$
mahendra@mahendra-desktop:~$ sudo alien -k cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386.rpm
File "cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386.rpm" not found.
mahendra@mahendra-desktop:~$ sudo alien -k cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386.rpm
File "cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386.rpm" not found.

now can you tell me where I'm going wrong?

Sorry It took me so long to reply, From your above post It looks like your not in the directory where you saved the files. You need to navigate to the directory where you saved the files (rpm or deb) in the terminal.

Example: if you saved the deb's to "/opt", you need to open a terminal (shell) and type: "CD /opt"
Then verify your in the proper dir by typing "ls" and hit enter, and make sure you see the files listed, then you can proceed.

I very much want to help you resolve this, I'm not sure how often I'll get to check here as my work schedule has been demanding, However if you are unable to resolve this, Maybe we can connect in a chat session and go through this problem.

I'll reply as needing more information, so the thread will stay open.

Cheers,
John

Edit: messed up the post. lol.

Mahindra please see my post Question #21865 in Ubuntu. Thanks Brendan