Install CanonCaptDrv2.2 on ubuntu

These instructions will help get your LBPxxxx Canon Printer driver installed and automatically starting with monitor on:

1. Ubuntu 11.04 - Natty
2. Ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick
3. Ubuntu 10.04 - Lucid

It also seems to work in unsupported (old) versions such as 9.10 (Karmic) and 9.04 (Jaunty)

For other canon printers see: HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/CanonPrinters and its sub-articles but hopefully yours is in the list below.

Supported Printers Capt Driver v2.2

According to the official Canon driver documentation:

See extra notes after table where there are *'s.

Please update if your get an unlisted printer/ubuntu version working by going to the bottom the of the and finding the edit link at the very bottom of the screen (requires login)

Printer Name	PPD File Name	Verified, Ubuntu Releases
LBP9100C	CNCUPSLBP9100CCAPTK.ppd
LBP7200C series	CNCUPSLBP7200CCAPTK.ppd	10.10/11.04
LBP7200Cdn (network mode)	CNCUPSLBP7200CCAPTK.ppd	10.10/11.04
LBP6300	CNCUPSLBP6300CAPTK.ppd	10.10
LBP6000 LBP6018	CNCUPSLBP6018CAPTK.ppd
LBP5300	CNCUPSLBP5300CAPTK.ppd
LBP5100	CNCUPSLBP5100CAPTK.ppd	10.10
LBP5050 series	CNCUPSLBP5050CAPTK.ppd	9.10/9.04
LBP5000	CNCUPSLBP5000CAPTK.ppd
LBP3500	CNCUPSLBP3500CAPTK.ppd
LBP3310	CNCUPSLBP3310CAPTK.ppd
LBP3300	CNCUPSLBP3300CAPTK.ppd
LBP3250	CNCUPSLBP3250CAPTK.ppd
LBP3210	CNCUPSLBP3210CAPTK.ppd
LBP3200	CNCUPSLBP3200CAPTK.ppd	10.04
LBP3150 / LBP3108 / LBP3100	CNCUPSLBP3150CAPTK.ppd
LBP3100 / LBP3108 / LBP3150	CNCUPSLBP3150CAPTK.ppd	10.10
LBP3010 / LBP3018 / LBP3050	CNCUPSLBP3050CAPTK.ppd	11.04/10.10/10.04 /9.10/9.04
LBP3000	CNCUPSLBP3000CAPTK.ppd	11.04
LBP2900	CNCUPSLBP2900CAPTK.ppd	11.04/10.10/10.04/9.10/9.04
LBP-1210	CNCUPSLBP1210CAPTK.ppd	10.10/10.04/9.10.9.04
LBP-1120	CNCUPSLBP1120CAPTK.ppd	10.10/9.10.9.04
LBP-810**	CNCUPSLBP1120CAPTK.ppd	11.04/10.10/10.04/9.10/9.04

** LBP-810 is not officially supported in version 2.2 of the Canon Driver

Package Repository

The Canon CAPT printer driver is split into two packages: cndrvcups-capt and cndrvcups-common available from the Canon printer driver PPA. As of May 2011, this PPA contains 2.20 version of the Canon drivers, build for i386 and amd64 on Lucid, Maverick and Natty. This is the easiest way to install the drivers.

To add the PPA to your system and install the packages do:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cndrvcups-capt cndrvcups-common