Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Canon PIXMA iP7250

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:36:25 +0200, Karl Hamacher-Gatzweiler wrote:
> On 08.06.2019 17:24 Robert Krawitz answered:
>> Your distribution probably has Gutenprint available with it, which you
>> can install with the package manager.  The iP7250 was supported as of
>> Gutenprint 5.2.10; the SX200 has been around much longer.
>> 
>> If your distribution doesn't have Gutenprint 5.2.10 or newer, you'll
>> need to build and install it from source, which we can assist with.
>
> Hello, Robert,
> Thank you very much for your kind answer.

(Please reply-all or reply-list)

> Under Linux MX18.3 64bit on my laptop the installed CUPS version is
> 2.2.1-8+deb9u3 Synaptic package management also does not offer a
> newer version.
>
> On my SingleBoard computer ASUS Tinkerboard (ARM processor similar
> to Raspberry Pi) with Linux Debian 9, 32bit, the same version of
> CUPS is installed.
>
> I have no experience how to build and install something from source,
> as you write.  So I gladly accept your offer to help me.
>
> If we can work this out together, I will post the instructions and procedure on the two forums, with your permission:
> - https://tinkerboarding.co.uk/forum/
> - https://forum.mxlinux.org
>
> There are always questions about CUPS there.
>
> What procedure do you suggest?

There should be a separate package named gutenprint or similar; you
need more than just CUPS installed.  Please check your package manager
for such a package.
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