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Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux Version 2.00
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CONTENTS
Before Starting
1. Introduction
2. Distribution File Structure of the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux
3. Hardware Requirements
4. Cautions, Limitations, and Restrictions
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1. Introduction -----------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for using the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux. This printer
driver provides printing functions for Canon printers operating under
the CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) environment, a printing system that
operates on Linux operating systems.
2. Distribution File Structure of the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux -----
The Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux distribution files are as follows:
Furthermore, the file name for the CUPS driver common module and printer driver
module differs depending on the version.
- README-ufr2-2.0xUK.txt (This document)
Describes supplementary information on the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux.
- LICENSE-ufr2drv-2.0x.txt
Describes User License Agreement on the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux.
- guide-ufr2-2.0xUK.tar.gz
Online manual that explains how to use the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux.
This includes the system requirements, installation, and usage of the Canon UFR II
Printer Driver for Linux.
Because this file is in a compressed format, you need to extract it to the
appropriate directory before reading.
- cndrvcups-common-2.00-X.i386.rpm (for 32-bit)
- cndrvcups-common-2.00-X.x86_64.rpm (for 64-bit)
- cndrvcups-common_2.00-X_i386.deb (for Debian 32-bit)
Installation package for the CUPS driver common module used by the Canon UFR II
Printer Driver for Linux.
- cndrvcups-ufr2-uk-2.00-X.i386.rpm (for 32-bit)
- cndrvcups-ufr2-uk-2.00-X.x86_64.rpm (for 64-bit)
- cndrvcups-ufr2-uk_2.00-X_i386.deb (for Debian 32-bit)
Installation package for the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux.
- cndrvcups-common-2.00-X.tar.gz
Source file for the CUPS driver common module used by the Canon UFR II Printer
Driver for Linux.
- cndrvcups-lb-2.00-X.tar.gz
Source file for the Canon UFR II Printer Driver for Linux.
3. Hardware Requirements --------------------------------------------------------
This printer driver can be used with the following hardware environment.
Hardware: Computer that is enable to operate Linux, with x86 compatible CPU
(32-bit or 64-bit)
Evaluated OS:
Mandriva Linux One 2009 32-bit
Debian GNU/Linux 5.02 32-bit
CentOS 5.3 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora 11 32-bit/64-bit
Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop 32-bit
Previously Evaluated OS:
Turbolinux 10 Desktop 32-bit
Turbolinux 10 F... 32-bit
Turbolinux 10 S 32-bit
Turbolinux Version 11 FUJI 32-bit
Turbolinux Home 32-bit
Turbolinux 10 Server x64 Edition 64-bit
MIRACLE LINUX V3.0 (Asianux Inside) 32-bit/64-bit
MIRACLE LINUX V4.0 (Asianux Inside) 32-bit/64-bit
Red Hat 9 32-bit
Red Hat Professional Workstation 32-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.4 32-bit/64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.5 32-bit/64-bit
Mandriva Linux One 2008 32-bit
Mandriva Linux One 2008 Spring 32-bit
Mandriva Linux PowerPack 2008 32-bit/64-bit
Mandriva Linux PowerPack 2008 Spring 32-bit/64-bit
SUSE LINUX PROFESSIONAL 9.3 32-bit
Novell Linux Desktop 9 32-bit
SUSE Linux 10.0 (openSUSE) 32-bit/64-bit
SUSE Linux 10.1 (openSUSE) 32-bit/64-bit
SUSE Linux 10.2 (openSUSE) 32-bit/64-bit
SUSE Linux 10.3 (openSUSE) 32-bit/64-bit
SUSE Linux 11.0 (openSUSE) 32-bit/64-bit
SUSE Linux 11.1 (openSUSE) 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora Core 4 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora Core 5 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora Core 6 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora 7 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora 8 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora 9 32-bit/64-bit
Fedora 10 32-bit/64-bit
Ubuntu 7.04 Desktop 32-bit
Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop 32-bit
Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop 32-bit
Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop 32-bit
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 rev2 32-bit
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 32-bit
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r6 etchnhalf 32-bit
Vine Linux 3.1/3.1CR 32-bit
Vine Linux 4.1 32-bit
Vine Linux 4.2 32-bit
Supported Printer: LBP3360
LBP3370
LBP3460
LBP5360
LBP5960
LBP5970
LBP5975
LBP7750C
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5030/C5030i/C5035/C5035i
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051/C5051i/C5045/C5045i
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C7055/C7065
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9060/C9070 PRO
imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9065/C9075 PRO
iR105+
iR1018
iR1020
iR1022
iR1024/1024A/1024F/1024i/1024iF
iR2016/2016i
iR2018/2018i
iR2020/2020i
iR2022
iR2025
iR2030
iR2230
iR2270
iR2318L
iR2320L/2320N
iR2420D/2420L
iR2830
iR2870
iR3025
iR3030
iR3035
iR3045
iR3225/3225N
iR3230/3230A/3230N
iR3235/3235A/3235N
iR3245/3245A/3245N
iR3530
iR3570
iR4530
iR4570
iR5055
iR5065
iR5075
iR5570
iR6570
iR7086
iR7095/7095P
iR7105
iR8070
iR85+
iR9070
iR C1021/C1021i
iR C2380i
iR C2550/C2550i
iR C2580i
iR C2880/C2880i
iR C3080/C3080i
iR C3180/C3180i
iR 3180C/3180Ci
iR C3380/C3380i
iR C3580/C3580i
iR C4080
iR C4580
iR C5180
iR C5185
iR C5870
iR C5880/C5880i
iR 5880C/5880Ci
iR C6870
iR C6880/C6880i
iR 6880C/6880Ci
imagePRESS C1
imagePRESS C1+
D400-450
D460-490
D1100 Series
MF4010 Series
MF4100 Series
MF4200 Series
MF4320-4350
MF4360-4390
MF4600 Series
MF6500 Series
MF6600 Series
MF7100 Series
MF8000 Series
MF8300 Series
MF8400 Series
MF9100 Series
MF9300 Series
L160
L3000 Series
Please see the online manual about the install method and the concrete usage.
4. Cautions, Limitations, and Restrictions -------------------------------------
- Ghostscript which includes common API is required to use this printer driver.
Make sure to install Ghostscript before installing this printer driver.
Refer to the following URL to find out how to get Ghostscript.
http://opfc.sourceforge.jp/index.html.en
- If you install "cndrvcups-common" package version 2.00, make sure you install
the same version of the "cndrvcups-ufr2" package, i.e. 2.00.
- Update install is not available when you update to the version 1.40 or later,
as the file names are not consistent with the older versions. If you have
older version on your computer, you have to uninstall the older driver then
install the new driver.
- If more than two drivers are installed using the LIPSLX, UFRII(US), and UFRII
(UK) driver install packages, and only one of these drivers is updated, an
error will occur.
This problem can be solved by updating all of the installed drivers together.
- When specifying multiple pages/copies for [Page Layout] in the [General]
sheet to print a document created with StarSuite7/OpenOffice, due to a cause
of operation by the CUPS module, settings are not correctly assigned to the
multiple pages and output.
- PostScript files created with the number of copies specified in OpenOffice.org
or StarSuite are affected not by the value specified by [Number of copies] in
the [cngplp] dialog box (the driver UI), but by the number of copies set when
creating the PostScript file.
- If settings are changed from the driver UI, during print processing, the
printed result will reflect the changed settings.
- If [Brightness and Gamma] is specified in the [General] sheet from an
application such as OpenOffice.org, GIMP, or Acrobat Reader v.5.0, the settings
will be invalid.
- If you set [Filter] to [HP-GL/2 options] in the [Filter] sheet of the printer
driver UI, due to a cause of operation by the CUPS module, the [Pen width]
setting is invalid.
- You cannot print a PDF document by directly specifying it from the desktop or
command line. When printing a PDF document, it is recommended that you print
it from Acrobat Reader or Adobe Reader.
- The maximum number of files that can be held in the print queue when printing
is 500 according to CUPS specifications. Files queued after the 500th file will
be ignored.
- If you are using SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3, the driver UI may display
unintelligible characters. You can solve this problem using the following
method.
1) Log in as 'root'.
2) Execute the following command to change the GTK+ environment settings.
# cd /etc/
# ln -s opt/gnome/gtk ./
- If you are using SUSE LINUX Professional 9.3, a warning may occur when you
activate the driver UI. You can solve this problem using the following
method.
1) Open [K Menu] -> [Control Center].
2) Select [Appearance & Themes].
3) Select [Colors].
4) Deselect [Apply colors to non-KDE applications].
5) Close [Control Center].
- When printing from OpenOffice.org, some finishing functions such as [Rotate]
may not operate correctly if you specify multiple copies for [Number of
copies] in the driver UI.
- If you are using SUSE Linux 9.3 or SUSE Linux 10.0, and are printing from the
[Print] dialog box of Mozilla or FireFox, because the multiple copies setting
is not enabled, you can print only one copy regardless of how many copies you
have specified. This problem can be solved by changing the following line in
the file "/etc/cups/mime.convs".
[Before change]
application/mozilla-ps application/postscript 33 pswrite
[After change]
application/mozilla-ps application/postscript 33 pstops
- If you are using Fedora Core 5 or later, when SELinux is set to Enforcing
or Permissive, you cannot print with the default settings. You can enable
printing by changing the settings as follows.
1) Open System menu ->[Administration] ->[Security Level and Firewall].
2) Select [SELinux]tab ->[Modify SELinux Policy] ->[Printing].
3) Check the 4 check boxes under [Printing].
4) Click [OK] to close the window.
- If you are using Fedora 7 or later, and if SELinux is set to Enforce, you need
to install a policy package using the following method. (You do not need to
install a policy package if Permissive is specified.)
<Preparation>
1) Install the printer driver package, then specify the settings for the
printer.
* Please see the online manual about the install method and the setting
method.
2) Check if the checkpolicy package is installed.
# rpm -qa | grep checkpolicy
If the package name is not displayed, install the package using the
following command.
# yum install checkpolicy
3) Set SELinux to Enforcing.
1. From the menu bar, select [System] - [Administration] - [SELinux
Management].
2. In the dialog box, set [System Default Enforcing Mode] to [Enforcing],
and then click [OK].
4) Restart Linux.
<Creating and installing a policy package>
1) Set SELinux to Permissive.
# /usr/sbin/setenforce 0
2) Print to the object printer.
Example: Printing the CUPS text document to LBPxxxx
# lpr -P LBPxxxx /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps
3) Create a policy package.
# audit2allow -M cncapt -l -i /var/log/audit/audit.log
4) Install the policy package.
# /usr/sbin/semodule -i cncapt.pp
5) Restart Linux.
- When performing banner printing in Fedora 8 or Fedora 9, if you specify a
setting other than [none] for [End] under [Banner] in the [General] sheet,
the print queue will stop.
- If you attempt to print from a Color iR printer using this driver in a Fedora 9
64-bit system environment, printing results may not be satisfactory.
This is because when the Fedora 9 64-bit packages are installed by the standard
installation method, the 32-bit JPEG library is not installed.
This problem can be solved by installing the package as an additional
installation.
Execute the following command.
# yum install libjpeg.i386
- To install the common module in the 64-bit version of Fedora 10 or Fedora 11,
you need the 32-bit version glibc library.
You can install the glibc library by executing the following command:
# yum install glibc.i386
Also, printer drivers from version 1.90 onward require the the 32-bit version
of the xml2 library.
You can enable printing by executing the following command:
# yum install libxml2.i386
- If you are using Fedora 10, specifying [Pretty Print] in the text file printing
options of the [Filter] sheet does not affect the print result.
- If you are using Fedora 11 and print with the print queue stopped after
canceling a job, the job is suspended. In this case, click the [Maintenance]
button in Printers in the CUPSWeb interface and select [Resume Printer] to
perform the [pending since] job again.
If you cannot find the [Maintenance] button, you can select [Resume Printer]
by selecting [Pause Printer].
- If you are using OpenSUSE 10.2 or SLED10SP1, which includes Ghostscript
version 8.15.3, you may not be able to print some documents. To solve this
problem, install another version of Ghostscript.
- If you are using OpenSUSE 11.0 with Ghostscript version 8.6.x, printing from
Evince, GIMP, or other applications may take time.
- Although Okular is the standard document viewer in the OpenSUSE 11.1 KDE
environment, the printer driver functions do not operate correctly with it.
You can solve this problem by using another application such as Acrobat
Reader etc.
- If you are using Ubuntu 7.04/7.10/8.04/8.10/9.04 or Debian 3.1/4.0/5.0,
the libcupsys2 library is required to install the common module.
You can install the libcupsys2 library by executing the following command.
# apt-get install libcupsys2
- If you are using Ubuntu 8.10 or Ubuntu 9.04, the printer will print with
the default paper output method, regardless of whether you have specified
the paper output method.
This problem can be solved by changing the output paper method setting from
the CUPS printer settings (Web).
- If you are using Ubuntu 8.10, specifying reverse order for printing does not
affect the print result.
This problem can be solved by updating CUPS.
- If you are using Ubuntu 8.10 or Ubuntu 9.04, when printing PDF data or PS data,
brightness and gamma correction settings do not affect the print result.
- If you are using Adobe Reader 7.0.x, and modify such settings as Paper Size,
Paper Source, Duplex Printing, etc. in the print dialog window, these options
are automatically added to the printer command. However, these settings will
not work because they cannot be recognized as command options. To solve this
problem, use "-o" to separate each command options.
[before] -o InputSlot=Manual,Duplex=DuplexNotumble
[after] -o InputSlot=Manual -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble
- When printing PDF files using Adobe Reader 8, there may be instances where
some image data is not printed.
This problem may be solved by printing using Adobe Reader 7 or setting Level 3
in the PostScript options.
- When performing 2-sided printing with Adobe Reader 8.1.2, if you specify
[ON (Short-edged Binding)] for [Duplex Printing] in the print properties for
Adobe Reader 8.1.2, the document will be printed on both sides with long-edged
binding.
This problem can be avoided by printing the document using the cngplp command
from the command line.
- If you are using Vine Linux 3.1, you may take time to print from Adobe Reader
7.0.9 or may not be able to print some documents.
- When printing PDF files containing Japanese characters from the command line
in Vine Linux 4.1, there may be instances where Ghostscript terminates
unexpectedly, causing printing to stop.
This problem can be avoided by printing PDF files using Adobe Reader.
- When printing PDF files from Adobe Reader 8 in Vine Linux 4.1, there may be
instances where Ghostscript terminates unexpectedly, causing the print queue
to stop.
This is caused by Ghostscript (7.07) not being able to analyze PS files
created by Adobe Reader 8, and consequently terminating prematurely, thereby
stopping the filtering process.
This problem can be avoided by using Adobe Reader 7.
- When printing text files in landscape orientation in Vine Linux 4.1, Vine Linux
4.2, Fedora 8, Fedora 9, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.5, there may be instances
where the text file is printed in portrait orientation with some of the print
data not being printed on the page.
This is caused by the CUPS filter employed by the distribution you are using
creating a PS command that is already set to portrait.
Also, some of the functions provided in the CUPS standard filter "texttops"
may not operate correctly.
This problem can be avoided by changing the CUPS filter name specified in
the "text/plain" entry line in the CUPS setting file "mime.convs" to the CUPS
standard filter "texttops". This will result in Japanese characters being
misprinted, therefore when printing Japanese characters, it is necessary to
print a PS command created with a text editor or text/PostScript conversion
program such as paps.
- If you are using Vine Linux 4.2, the [Filter] - [Text file options] settings
in the [Filter] sheet may not be applied in the resulting printout.
Also, some of the functions provided in the CUPS standard filter "texttops"
may not operate correctly.
This problem can be avoided by changing the CUPS filter name specified in
the "text/plain" entry line in the CUPS setting file "mime.convs" to the CUPS
standard filter "texttops". This will result in Japanese characters being
misprinted, therefore when printing Japanese characters, it is necessary to
print a PS command created with a text editor or text/PostScript conversion
program such as paps.
- If you specify Paper Source settings in the print dialog of an application
such as Writer of OpenOffice.org, the settings made from the application are
overridden by the printer driver UI settings. To print from the desired
Paper Source, specify the Paper Source from the printer driver UI beforehand,
or print from the command line.
- If you are using Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, a PPD file error may occur when you
register the printer (PPD) with the print spooler. To solve this problem,
use "-P (full path to the ppd)" instead of "-m" when you specify the ppd
using the command line.
Example: /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p iRC5180
-P /usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSIRC5180ZK.ppd
-v lpd://192.168.1.10/iRC5180 -E
- If you are using Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, you may take time to print from Evince
or may not be able to print some documents. To solve this problem, print the
document from other application.
- If you are using Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r6, and attempt to print a text file
using the cngplp command when EUC-JP is set as the locale, printing will fail.
This problem can be solved by printing a PS command created with a text editor
or text/Postscript conversion program such as paps.
- If you are using Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2, the gs-esp module is required to
install the common module.
You can install the gs-esp module by executing the following command.
# apt-get install gs-esp
- Depending on the distribution you are using, when you register the USB printer
with the print spooler specifying /dev/usb/lp* as [Device URI], printing may
fail with an error "Printer not Connected" displayed. To solve this problem,
specify the printer specific name as [Device URI] that is displayed by using
the following command.
Example) When you use MF4600 Series
1) Display the [Device URI]
# /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
direct usb://Canon/MF4600%20Series%20(FAX)
direct usb://Canon/MF4600%20Series%20(PCL5e)
direct usb://Canon/MF4600%20Series%20(PCL6)
direct usb://Canon/MF4600%20Series%20(UFRII%20LT)
2) Register the printer
#lpadmin -p MF4600_USB -m CNCUPSMF4600ZK.ppd
-v usb://Canon/MF4600%20Series%20(UFRII%20LT) -E
- When printing PDF files from Adobe Reader in Mandriva, regardless of the
version being used, there may be instances where Ghostscript terminates
unexpectedly, causing the print queue to stop.
This is caused by Ghostscript (8.60) not being able to analyze PS commands
created using PS files for which security settings have been specified, and
consequently terminating prematurely, thereby stopping the filtering process.
This problem can be avoided by not printing PDF files that have security
settings using Adobe Reader.
- If you are using Mandriva One 2008 Spring or Mandriva 2008 PowerPack with CUPS
version 1.3.6, unintended print results may occur even when printing with
standard CUPS print functions.
This problem can be solved by updating CUPS.
- If your version of Ghostscript is 8.6.x, you may not be able to print some
documents.
- There may be instances where MF4270, or L90/L160/L230 printers, depending on
the environment and type of print data, cannot print due to a printer data
error at the device end.
This is caused by a time out error occurring at the device end.
This problem can be avoided by turning the error time out setting off at the
device.
- If the Finisher Q3 or Saddle Finisher Q4 is attached and you specify A4,
Letter, or Legal as the page size, the document is not printed correctly when
you attempt to print with [Binding Location] set to [Short Edge (Top)] and
[Staple Position] set to [Top (Double)], or [Binding Location] set to
[Short Edge (Bottom)] and [Staple Position] set to [Bottom (Double)], in
the [Finishing] sheet.
- If you are using the iR C1021/C1021i, MF8400 Series, MF9100 Series, or
MF9300 Series, although IPv6 can be set from the control panel of the printer,
only IPv4 supports network connections.
- If you are using CentOS 5.3, you cannot print the number of copies as you
specified in Evince.
You can solve this problem by printing from other PDF viewers such as
Adobe Reader or using the following methods.
1) Set the number of copies to 1 and select a PS command for the output
destination in Evince to output a file.
2) Print the PS command output as a file after specifying the number of
copies in cngplp.
- If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 and update the CUPS version to
"1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2", printing will fail due to improper PS data.
You can avoid this problem by downgrading the CUPS version to
"1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1".
<Downgrading with the apt-get command>
- Execute the following command.
# apt-get install cups=1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1
<Downloading the CUPS1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1 package and downgrading with the dpkg
command>
- Download the package (cups_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1_i386.deb) from the Ubuntu
website (http://packages.ubuntu.com/en/jaunty/i386/cups/download) using
a Web browser etc., and then execute the following command.
# dpkg -i cups_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.1_i386.deb
- If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 or Fedora 11 and print banner pages, the
specified number of banner pages are printed.
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