Airprint on Pogoplug - How to install driver? Please help!

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Airprint on Pogoplug - How to install driver? Please help!

Postby shinings » Sun Aug 04, 2013 4:58 am

Arch Linux newbie here, so bear with my questions.

I've got a Pogoplug E02 running arch linux with samba and everything works great. Recently I was trying to set up Airprint with my USB-printer Canon imageClass D420. I followed this tutorial:
http://blog.qnology.com/2013/03/tutoria ... linux.html

I installed CUPS and was able to get to the web interface by going to http://<PogoPlugIPAddress>:631/admin. I connected the printer to one of the USB ports on the back of the Pogoplug unit, and then I clicked "Find printers", I could see the "Canon D400-450 (UFRII LT) (Canon D400-450 (UFRII LT))" under local printer, which means the connection was recognized. But when it asked me to select a drive for the printer, I couldn't find the exact model under Canon. I believe this specific model isn't included in the "gutenprint" package. If I select "Generic CUPS-PDF printer" or "Generic PCL printer", it won't print.

Now, I can find the Linux UFR II driver on Canon's official website here:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/c ... ndSoftware
or from the AUR database here:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/canon-ufr/
The downloaded file is named "Linux_UFRII_PrinterDriver_V270_us_EN.tar.gz" and when I unzip it in windows (sorry i don't have linux system), i ended up having .deb and .rpm files, in folders named "32bit-driver" and "64bit-driver".

My question is, how do I install the printer driver to the CUPS system on my Pogoplug?
Option 1: Is it through PACMAN command? What exactly shall I type?
Option 2: Can I install the driver via the web interface (by going to http://<PogoPlugIPAddress>:631/admin), and select "Choose a PPD file" when Add a printer? Which file should I use, 32-bit or 64-bit? .deb or .rpm?

Please help. Thank you in advance!
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Re: Airprint on Pogoplug - How to install driver? Please hel

Postby WarheadsSE » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:51 pm

Those 32-bit and 64-bit drivers are x86 and x86_64, not ARM. You can not use either. You may have to find a generic that works for you. Might even be outside of gutenprint.
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Re: Airprint on Pogoplug - How to install driver? Please hel

Postby shinings » Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:38 pm

Thank you WarheadsSE. This is what the driver's manual says:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he printer driver must be installed in order to print from Canon printers using Linux.
The installed files differ depending on the system environment you are using.
The following files are installed in 32-bit systems:
"cndrvcups-common-x.xx-x.i386.rpm" : common module for CUPS drivers
"cndrvcups-ufr2-us-x.xx-x.i386.rpm" : UFR II printer driver module
The following files are installed in 64-bit systems:
"cndrvcups-common-x.xx-x.x86_64.rpm" : common module for CUPS drivers
"cndrvcups-ufr2-us-x.xx-x.x86_64.rpm" : UFR II printer driver module
The following files are installed in 32-bit Debian systems:
"cndrvcups-common_x.xx-x_i386.deb" : common module for CUPS drivers
"cndrvcups-ufr2-us_x.xx-x_i386.deb" : UFR II printer driver module
The following files are installed in 64-bit Debian systems:
"cndrvcups-common_x.xx-x_amd64.deb" : common module for CUPS drivers
"cndrvcups-ufr2-us_x.xx-x_amd64.deb" : UFR II printer driver module


is any of these good for the ARM architecture? If not, where would I usually look for ARM drivers?
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Re: Airprint on Pogoplug - How to install driver? Please hel

Postby WarheadsSE » Sun Aug 04, 2013 7:12 pm

We have found few if any binary drivers for ARM from printer manufacturers.
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Re: Airprint on Pogoplug - How to install driver? Please hel

Postby shinings » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:33 pm

Then what other packages besides gutenprint would I be looking for that could potentially have some generic drivers?
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