New printer - need driver

[Chris Mohler]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Wulfy <wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> Wulfy wrote:
>> My old printer died on me...  so I bought a nice new shiny Canon printer
>> assuming that I'd have the appropriate driver...  alas, no such luck.
> I looked on the Ubuntu Wiki to see what printers were supported.  I
> found this page:
>
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrintersCanon>
>
> Just about every printer in the Canon range *except* mine!  :@(

Wulfy - have you tried copying the PPD file from the source RPM over
to wherever cups keeps the PPDs?  You either have to wait ~30 sec
after doing this or give a 'sudo invoke-rc.d cupsys restart', then
delete your printer and try adding it again.  It should offer the
choice for the 2500 then.

Chris