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)

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Do not flag this package out of date if there's no new version available.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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Lone_Wolf commented on 2012-02-20 18:32 (UTC)

Updated PKGBUILD to abort compilation on i686 systems BEFORE dependencies are installed/checked

OramahMaalhur commented on 2012-02-19 22:03 (UTC)

Lone_Wolf, you can use something like this for capt 2.40 http://pastebin.archlinux.fr/438299 PKGBUILD http://pastebin.archlinux.fr/438300 capt.install

reztho commented on 2012-02-02 13:52 (UTC)

Finally, I decided to use the latest version available of the driver.

Lone_Wolf commented on 2012-01-29 20:13 (UTC)

It seems a comment i wanted to post was not submitted. The package is made on x86_64, and for now is tailored to a 64-bit archlinux. 32-bit users should change the lib32-glibc dependency in the PKGBUILD to glibc and post what other changes are needed for i686. atm the PKGBUILD has arch=('x86_64') , so should not even compile on i686 without manual changes.

mokkurkalve commented on 2012-01-29 14:57 (UTC)

Why does this package want to install lib32-glibc on i686 arch?

Lone_Wolf commented on 2012-01-28 22:35 (UTC)

I think i can do that, yes. I'm very busy atm, but intend to make time for it.

serwiz commented on 2012-01-28 19:06 (UTC)

You can upgrade this package to version 2.40?

Lone_Wolf commented on 2012-01-20 14:36 (UTC)

Adopted, now working on cndrv-common package that will be a dependency for this package.

Lone_Wolf commented on 2012-01-20 13:32 (UTC)

Adopted, development will switch to this package : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22934

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