Printer canon pixma 3600 support in 10.04

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Prekates Alexandros
<aprekates at gmail.com> wrote:
> i have a pixma 3600 printer, not supported (openprinting database) , so i
>
> downloaded latest driver from canon,
> http://www.canon-europe.com/For_Home/Product_Finder/Printers/Inkjet/PIXMA_iP3600/
>
> but i cant install packages cause libcupsys2 is
>
> needed. but that package doesnt exist in 10.04!
>
> What should i do?
>

Avoid Canon printers that lack supported drivers (IIRC, that's most of them).

If you are stuck with the printer, you may have to find a non-official
package for libcupsys2 outside the Ubuntu repositories, in which case
you're at risk, but not really much more than you are with an
unsupported printer from the get go.

I used to love Canon printers until I had to try using them with
Linux.  Now I'd stick with HP, Brother or, if worst came to worst,
Lexmark.

(I used to like Epsons, too, but their ink to just way too expensive,
and the generics clog the printers too easily.)