Modifications for Canon's Linux driver v.3.80-1 so that it can be installed in the latest versions of Fedora with minimal fuss. According to Canon, this driver supports MP230, MG2200, E510, MG3200, MG4200, iP7200, MG5400 and MG6300 series devices.
I have corrected quite a number of errors and warnings during build/compilation. Checking with rpmlint, it is now down to 1 error and 8 warnings for the common package and 7 errors, 6 warnings for the printer-specific package. The rpms provided by Canon have 6 errors, 15 warnings and 177 errors, 51 warnings, respectively. Oh and they fail to install because of missing dependencies... Most of the changes in the patch file, particularly those concerning ipp and libpng, came from various, online sources and I adapted them to this version of the driver. Kudos to everyone that cleared the path for me. As for the changes in the spec file, they are the result of many hours of RTFM. I'm still learning, so feel free to drop me a line if you spot any shortcomings.
Due to licensing restrictions, I can't provide rpm or even srpm packages, so a bit of manual labor is involved.
Do not think that I do this for a living, or that I have the time to tackle other drivers, or other versions of Canon's driver. This has been a sort of an exercise for me, plus an online note to self. If someone happens to find this useful, then I'll be happy.
I have tested my packages on F20-F26, both x86_64 and i686. I have no idea if these modifications might work with previous or later versions of the driver. I can not guarantee that my patches will work for you, even if you are on the same distro version and architecture. I can not even guarantee that they won't murder you in your sleep.
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You need to have autoconf, automake, gcc-c++ and rpm-build installed. All other dependencies will be pulled in automatically.
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If you do not have that already, create a folder named rpmbuild in your home folder. In it, create two subfolders, one called SOURCES and the other one SPECS. If your user is called john, there should be a /home/john/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ and a /home/john/rpmbuild/SPECS/ (you could also have rpmdev-setuptree from the rpmdevtools package do that for you).
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Download the source tarball from Canon and place it in the SOURCES subfolder. Do the same for the patch (cnijfilter-3.80-1.libraries.patch). Now download the spec file (cnijfilter-common.spec) and put it in SPECS.
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As root, install dependencies:
yum-builddep rpmbuild/SPECS/cnijfilter-common.spec
(or with dnf: dnf builddep rpmbuild/SPECS/cnijfilter-common.spec) 4. As your regular user, build the rpms from the specfile:
rpmbuild -bb rpmbuild/SPECS/cnijfilter-common.spec --define="MODEL [Model Name]" --define="MODEL_NUM [Model ID]" --with build_common_package
Where model name and ID may be one of the following (for v3.80-1):
[Printer Model Name] [Printer Model ID]
mp230 401
mg2200 402
e510 403
mg3200 404
mg4200 405
ip7200 406
mg5400 407
mg6300 408
If immediately after invoking rpmbuild it complains about a missing source or patch, you must have misplaced something. Check you paths and spelling.
- When it's done, you will get two rpms plus a debuginfo one (we don't want the debuginfo) in rpmbuild/RPMS/{arch}: cnijfilter-common-3.80-1.{dist}.{arch}.rpm and cnijfilter-{printer model}-3.80-1.{dist}.{arch}.rpm. Install them both in this order (ideally via yum or dnf) and you're good to go.
If your printer is connected over the network, you can run
cnijnetprn --search auto
which after a while will give you something like this:
networkcnijnet:/00-1A-2B-3C-4D-5E “Canon iP7200 series” “Canon-iP7200-series_00-1A-2B-3C-4D-5E″
The first part networkcnijnet:/00-1A-2B-3C-4D-5E is the device uri. You can use that when you set up your printer in your DE's printer configuration tool, or you can simply run (as root):
lpadmin -p canonip7200 -m canonip7200.ppd -v cnijnet:/00-1A-2B-3C-4D-5E -E
Note: Don't just guess the name for the ppd file, look in /usr/share/cups/model/.