# Installing a Canon i850 with CUPS on Debian
#
# This document shows to install CUPS on a PC running Debian GNU/Linux
# testing with a Canon i850 ink jet printer connected to the parallel
# port.
# 
# No warranties of any kind. Use entirely at your own risk.
# 
# AYM 2004-07-04: wrote the initial document
# AYM 2004-07-11: added a draft mode queue, using the Gimp-Print drivers


# Download and install CUPS

apt-get install cupsys
apt-get install cupsys-client
apt-get install cupsys-bsd	# Needed for Mozilla (uses lpr(1))

# Download and install the Gimp-Print i850 drivers

apt-get install cupsys-driver-gimpprint
apt-get install cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data

# Download and install Canon's i850 drivers

apt-get install wget 
apt-get install alien 
wget ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/bjfilterpixus850i-2.2-1.i386.rpm
wget ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/bjfiltercups-2.2-1.i386.rpm
alien bjfiltercups-2.2-1.i386.rpm
# This one requires -c because it has an important postinstall script
alien -c bjfilterpixus850i-2.2-1.i386.rpm
dpkg -i bjfilterpixus850i_2.2-2_i386.deb
dpkg -i bjfiltercups-2.2-1.i386.rpm

# Create a CUPS print queue named "i850". This queue uses the Canon
# drivers and is for high-quality output.

lpadmin					\
  -p i850				\
  -E					\
  -v parallel:/dev/lp0			\
  -m canonpixus850i.ppd			\
  -D "Canon i850"

# Create a CUPS print queue named "i850-draft". This one uses the
# Gimp-Print drivers.

lpadmin					\
  -p i850-draft				\
  -E					\
  -v parallel:/dev/lp0			\
  -m gimp-print/4.2/bjc-s800.ppd.gz	\
  -D "Canon i850 draft"
lpoptions -d i850-draft -o Density=500

# Make the draft-quality queue the default.

lpadmin -d i850-draft

# At this point, you should be able to print PostScript documents using
# lp(1) as usual. Restart OpenOffice and Mozilla and you should be able
# to print from these too. Remaining issue :
# - OpenOffice always uses A5 by default. Don't know how to change this.