Package Details: capt-src 2.71-5

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: 77
Popularity: 0.000002
First Submitted: 2010-08-29 20:28 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-05-26 12:53 (UTC)

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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Do not flag this package out of date if there's no new version available.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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<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.

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-02-04 20:47 (UTC)

Well it's basically a freshly set up archlinux following the wiki, and I installed a bunch of other apps that I wanted, that's all. Maybe your system contains already some special stuff that you forgot about that is needed to make this work. If you want to know any information about my system you can just ask me, maybe we can figure it out.

reztho commented on 2013-02-04 20:42 (UTC)

Yes, I wrote those instructions. You'll see that message too in the cups web interface (localhost:631). It happens to me when there is a problem with ccpd (usually I have one instance). Something's wrong in your system but I cannot help you because this is all I know of.

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