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: 0.130647
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Do not flag this package out of date if there's no new version available.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 2013-10-04 11:42 (UTC)

vasishath & Bafus: the problem is I'm an x86_64 user and I don't have that inconvenience, so I cannot replicate your library problems. Have you ever tried to pinpoint the library or libraries needed to be symlinked to /usr/lib? Like symlinking one by one until the printer prints, and then removing the previous ones to see if it breaks... and gather this way the minimum set of culprit libraries.

vasishath commented on 2013-10-04 11:26 (UTC)

i think the package is following the convention that lib64 is for 64 bit libs and /usr/lib is for 32 bit libs.. we need to report this to cannon.. for the time being we can symlink the libraries in /usr/lib.. at least the printer works that way.

reztho commented on 2013-08-14 17:05 (UTC)

So I'm out of ideas... sorry. If someone knows what could possibly be wrong, please tell us.

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-08-14 16:57 (UTC)

ldconfig -p | grep lib32 http://pastebin.com/24aJHQbZ ldconfig -p http://pastebin.com/j5wT74xA

reztho commented on 2013-08-14 16:27 (UTC)

It seems using ldd isn't the correct way to check what's happening. Put the output of this command in a pastebin: ldconfig -p | grep lib32 If there is no output, just run ldconfig (as root), and try again.

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-08-14 15:51 (UTC)

I do not know, checked again, the same result, no error,cups write printed,but the printer is silent.captstatusui works. copy /usr32? and printer prints.

reztho commented on 2013-08-14 15:34 (UTC)

Strange, really strange. You can see every library in /usr/lib32 is found, so I don't know why you really need those libraries in /usr/lib.

<deleted-account> commented on 2013-08-14 15:19 (UTC)

http://pastebin.com/7WM4d8Cr

reztho commented on 2013-08-14 15:10 (UTC)

Remove the duplicated libs and put the output of this command in a pastebin. Maybe it will shed some light: pacman -Qql capt-src | grep -e '/usr/\(bin\|lib\)' | xargs ldd

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