Canon LBP-1120 on Ubuntu 5.10 How-To

The approximate steps for printer installation
Update: everything decribed here works on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, the only difference is this: when you link the driver with ccpdadmin, instead of using /dev/usb/lp0 as connection port, you should use /dev/usblp0, everything else is same.

Update #2: Added some refinements & clarifications, using the feedback from http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org

Update #3: I’ve had some troubles installing on 7.04, but managed to do it, read about it here, it might solve some problems in earlier versions too.

Update #4: (video) Instructions & notes for Hardy Heron 8.04 are here. There’s also a new link to the ccpd file.

Unless otherwise stated, you type all the commands in the Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)

Files

You’ll need the latest cndrvcups-*.rpm (official drivers for Linux) from Canon’s support site.

I’ve used cndrvcups-capt-1.30-1.i386.rpm and cndrvcups-common-1.30-1.i386.rpm.

Alien & other libraries

In order to install rpm’s on Ubuntu, you’ll need alien, so if you don’t have it installed, install it with

$ sudo apt-get install alien

If you want to see the (usless & ugly) canon GUI, you’ll ned libgtk1.2, install it with:

$ sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

Installation

In the directory where you have downloaded the files, convert them to .deb by typing (short way):

$ sudo alien *.rpm

The long way is to type:

$ sudo alien cndrvcups-capt-1.30-1.i386.rpm
$ sudo alien cndrvcups-common-1.30-1.i386.rpm.

This should produce two files: cndrvcups-capt-1.30-1.i386.deb and cndrvcups-common-1.30-1.i386.deb

then install them with (again, short way)

$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb

or, long way:

$ sudo dpkg -i cndrvcups-capt-1.30-1.i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i cndrvcups-common-1.30-1.i386.deb

Restart cups to load the ppds (you can try to restart it with $sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart but this is the better way to make sure it’s restarted):

$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys stop

Make sure the daemon is stopped:

$ ps aux|grep cupsd

If it’s not stopped, kill it:

$ sudo killall cupsd

Then finally start it again:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys start

These ugly steps are needed because the installation of the ccp backend seems to sometime f*ck up CUPS when it’s running and prevents it from stopping.

Then create the directories and fifos needed by the daemon (ccpd) and the monitor (captmon):

$ sudo mkdir /var/ccpd

$ sudo mkdir /var/captmon

$ sudo mkfifo /var/ccpd/fifo0

$ sudo chmod 777 /var/ccpd/fifo0

Add the printer using System->Administration->Printing. Select Canon Printer Daemon Port #1; Driver: LBP1120 CAPT ver.1.3

Setup ccpd to handle the printer:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/ccpdadmin -p NameOfPrinter -o /dev/usb/lp0

(/dev/udb/lp0, lp1, lp2 if multiple printers)

Example for LBP1120:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/ccpdadmin -p LBP1120-CAPT-ver.1.3 -o /dev/usb/lp0

note: if you are doing this on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, replace /dev/usb/lp0 with /dev/usblp0

Create (or replace existing script by) a debian compliant ccpd daemon script (download the file, and place it in your /etc/init.d/ folder, under the name ccpd):

Update: you can download the file here. here
(/etc/init.d/ccpd)

#!/bin/sh
#
# ccpd startup script for Canon Printer Daemon for CUPS
#
# Modified for Debian GNU/Linux
# by Raphael Doursenaud .

DAEMON=/usr/sbin/ccpd
LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/ccpd
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
NAME=ccpd
DESC=”Canon Printer Daemon for CUPS”

test -f $DAEMON || exit 0

case $1 in
start)
echo -n “Starting $DESC: $NAME”
start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –exec $DAEMON
echo “.”
;;
stop)
echo -n “Stopping $DESC: $NAME”
start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –oknodo –exec $DAEMON
echo “.”
;;
status)
echo “$DESC: $NAME:” `pidof $NAME`
;;
restart)
echo -n “Restarting $DESC: $NAME”
start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –oknodo –exec $DAEMON
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –exec $DAEMON
echo “.”
;;
*)
echo “Usage: ccpd {start|stop|status}”
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

Start the ccpd dameon.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd start

Testing:

First step:

Simply issue the following command:

$ sudo ccpdadmin

You should see your printer listed, with status.

Second step:

Issue the following command (you need to install the libgtk1.2 libraries to see the gui, but this step is optional, because gui only shows you status of the printer):

$ sudo captstatusui -P [NameOfPrinter]

Finally:

Try printing something. (note: printing from Firefox on Ubuntu 5.10 didn’t work for me. It works fine on 6.06)

Credits:

http://rdoursenaud.free.fr/debian/capt.html

People at http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org