Package Details: capt-src 2.71-7

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/capt-src.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: capt-src
Description: Canon CAPT Printer Driver for Linux. Compiled from source code.
Upstream URL: http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/
Keywords: canon capt printer
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: cndrvcups-common-lb, cndrvcups-lb
Submitter: reztho
Maintainer: mistersmee
Last Packager: mistersmee
Votes: 79
Popularity: 0.072400
First Submitted: 2010-08-29 20:28 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-05-28 09:30 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

reztho commented on 2020-06-11 14:55 (UTC) (edited on 2020-06-11 18:47 (UTC) by reztho)

Do not expect this driver to work in the near future if Canon doesn't release a new version soon. This driver is from 2017 and the GCC environment started deprecating a lot of stuff used by this driver. Please, ask for better Linux support to Canon.

Do not flag this package out of date if there's no new version available. That's bad community behavior. A comment telling about the issue is enough.

If your machine uses the x86_64 arch, the multilib pacman repo will be needed for this driver: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_repositories#multilib

For an alternative 100% open source driver although not official by Canon, go to: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/captdriver-git/

buovjaga commented on 2020-01-09 10:33 (UTC)

Re: driver deprecation - the CUPS creator opened this issue to discuss how to handle old devices: https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/5271

From one of his comments: "Before we drop PPDs, we will be working with developers to create those printer applications (particularly Gutenprint), and will likely end up creating our own printer application (based on the existing ippserver sample code) to support existing PostScript and CUPS raster drivers. So the goal is definitely not to leave people SOL, but rather to plan for a future where we aren't limited by the capabilities of the past."

reztho commented on 2019-10-06 11:44 (UTC)

Now you'll see this warning message: lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

Not sure what this will mean for the future with this driver.

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reztho commented on 2013-02-05 09:18 (UTC)

So we have the same binary package. I have no new ideas to try right now. Maybe try fedora and confirm the .RPM driver it's working 100% with your printer, but that won't tell me what's wrong. The driver is working fine with my printer. Just in case, put this in a pastebin: pacman -Qql capt-src | grep 'lib.*/lib' | xargs ldd

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-02-05 09:06 (UTC)

..and the printing dialogue of Firefox still says ""ccp send_data error, exit" after the printer.

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-02-05 07:18 (UTC)

http://pastebin.com/ww70A4yU http://pastebin.com/211HhRKY I installed foomatic-filters and ghostscript and restarted cups and ccpd but it didn't help. Also, I saw two captmoncnac8 processes use 100% of one cpu core each and I had to killl -9 them.

reztho commented on 2013-02-04 21:37 (UTC)

Install the foomatic-filter and ghostscript. Maybe they are needed... But I'm just guessing.

reztho commented on 2013-02-04 21:23 (UTC)

Filter failed? Try this command line: pacman -Qql capt-src | grep '/usr/bin/' | xargs ldd and this one: pacman -Ql capt-src , put them in a pastebin.

reztho commented on 2013-02-04 21:03 (UTC)

This package has long history here... I submitted it in 2010 and kept updating it. I have to install a chroot and try there to see if there is any problem. But nowadays I don't have too much time, so I cannot tell you when I can try... Check if you are always getting the same printer device (/dev/usb/lp*). Sometimes I saw that for some reason, it changes. I made an udev rule to symlink it and use that for the ccpd configuration.

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-02-04 21:02 (UTC)

The cupsd dministrative panel says "Filter failed" below the print job.

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