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Do not flag this package out of date if there's no new version available.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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Auswaschbar commented on 2013-06-28 16:03 (UTC)

I neither know nor care who hurt whoms feelings by uploading whatever, as long as I have a working printer. As a result I took over this one when it wasn't updated anymore. I will give your thing a try and if it works, I could very well abandon this one as having them both in one package is way less hassle than seperate, regardless of how Canon decides to ship it.

reztho commented on 2013-06-28 14:27 (UTC)

Whatever! The situation today is what I said. You needed to ask for collaboration in the very first place instead so this mess we have today could have been avoided. So in summary, I'm not willing to continue putting my efforts publicly, updating a package for a minimum userbase of 6 users, if there is another one doing the same. Time is limited for everyone, and job duplication is plainly stupid. This is for you, Auswaschbar. If you are going to keep going with this package, at least do a better job and review throughly the new drivers as they are coming.

Lone_Wolf commented on 2013-06-28 13:40 (UTC)

When i started with these packages , there were 3 that shared the cndrvcups-common part. The other 2 were for lips and UFRII printers. your package only dealt with the capt driver printers. I thus made 4 packages then. Lips and UFRII were combined by canon into the cndrvcups-lb package not long after, so there were still 2 packages left that shared the cndrvcups-common package. After i orphaned the 3 remaining packages , nobody took over the cndrvcups-lb one, and a while ago i took it again. Unfortunately canon updated the capt and lb drivers separately, the lb driver is now at 2.60 and therefore uses cndrvcups-common-lb version 2.60 . Your package was exclusively for the capt printers, and the LIPS / UFRII pacakges were orphaned and outdated at that time.

reztho commented on 2013-06-28 07:40 (UTC)

- canon supplies them as 2 separate source/binary packages, just combines them in 1 download. Whatever Canon does or not doesn't apply to our case if we want to. For the software itself, there is no real difference in how we package it. - the cndrvcups-common pacakge is used by more then just the capt driver. The only package required by cndrvcups-common isn't updated since 2009 and you submitted this package in 2012. The worst of all, that package has the version fixed to 1.80 so it already was incompatible by the time. Unless you were going to take over that package, there was no real reason to do this. The problem is: Why didn't you ask me to separate it in the first place? Don't you see it's ridiculous to have several people working in the same thing? It's not like I was away or anything.

Lone_Wolf commented on 2013-06-27 23:09 (UTC)

reztho , i split the driver for 2 reasons : - canon supplies them as 2 separate source/binary packages, just combines them in 1 download. - the cndrvcups-common pacakge is used by more then just the capt driver. it also seems it took you some time to notice this package, i orphaned it a year ago. Auswaschbar maintains it now. Whether your package still serves a purpose is not for me to decide.

reztho commented on 2013-06-27 22:35 (UTC)

A little rant here... What's the purpose of this package? So Lone_Wolf took my package, stripped a bit my instructions and separated it in two, which it's not really needed. What was wrong with my package in the first place? And why should I continue updating it? I think it's a complete waste of energy by keeping two people updating two packages, one based in the other one. So there are a lot of linux distros where everyone is repackaging software, but in Archlinux's AUR it's even worst: different people repackagint the same software twor or more times with no real good reason. And you aren't doing a better job than me. You are missing some files of the new driver.

Frisbee commented on 2013-06-21 11:37 (UTC)

Hi I'm a newbie here, recently moved to Arch from Ubuntu. I had installed the same drivers (but ver. 2.50) successfuly in Ubuntu. The printer is Canon LBP3300 (CNCUPSLBP3300CAPTK.ppd) I installed the packages in the order: -cups (made sure the service is running) -cndrvcups-common (ver. 2.56 from AUR) -lib32-popt (from AUR) -cndrvcups-capt (ver 2.56 from AUR). ccpd service was successfully started (two processes) and printer was added (It is a network printer added with net:<ip-address> in ccpdadmin). The printer shows "Ready to print" in captstatusui (even 'cleaning' works from captstatusui). But I am not able to print (tried the test page from cups and files). Please help.

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