Would like new Canon iP4700 driver installation info

[HappyLinux]

If the .. common.deb wants extra libs, which I seem to read from your terminal too, you have to install those (by terminal) first.

Additional remark: I guess that's the problem: on my own system I have libpopt0 1.16-3ubuntu & I don't know if that ubuntuversion fullfils the requested versiondemands by Canon. Try to find the older downloads/versions on the internet for the Canonprinter, they might work.

All dependencies are already installed, else you would have seen very different errors. The dependencies are there but still the packages fail to configure. This is probably because you can't use them on a 64-bit system. Please install 32-bit Mint to use your printer.

I think I'll pass on installing 32bit Mint seeing as my computer is running more RAM than 32bit can handle.

[AlbertP]

You can install the PAE kernel (linux-pae package) to use more RAM on a 32-bit system.

[HappyLinux]

I'll pass. It'd be too much hassle to download the 32bit version and reinstall everything. Even though I would like to use my printer through Linux, I can settle for using it under Win7.

[AlbertP]

Maybe you can change the model to another Canon one in Printers - sometimes there is a nearly equal model that has proper Linux support. The printer may print too fast or too slow, or with bad colours that way but that's better than a printer which does not work at all.

[HappyLinux]

I wouldn't know which one is an equal model, or even how to find out.

[wilbobob]

Don't know if its relevant, but I'm running an ip4700 on Mint 11 64bit, and if I look in the package manager it shows that cnijfilter-common installed version is 3.50-2ubuntu3 and cnijfilter-ip4700 installed version is 3.20-2ubuntu3. You may well ask where I the packages came from and I'd find it hard to answer. I had had some difficulty getting the printer to work using files from both Canon and michael-gruz ppa, but that was due to me mixing the sources and messing it up. I subsequently reinstalled Mint, and it just worked with the drivers in the package manager.
I can't be more specific, due to lack of knowledge, but if it helps I'd be glad to post any information from my system that you think might assist.
(I've not got the ink levels reporting yet, that may be another thread from me)

[HappyLinux]

Don't know if its relevant, but I'm running an ip4700 on Mint 11 64bit, and if I look in the package manager it shows that cnijfilter-common installed version is 3.50-2ubuntu3 and cnijfilter-ip4700 installed version is 3.20-2ubuntu3. You may well ask where I the packages came from and I'd find it hard to answer. I had had some difficulty getting the printer to work using files from both Canon and michael-gruz ppa, but that was due to me mixing the sources and messing it up. I subsequently reinstalled Mint, and it just worked with the drivers in the package manager.
I can't be more specific, due to lack of knowledge, but if it helps I'd be glad to post any information from my system that you think might assist.
(I've not got the ink levels reporting yet, that may be another thread from me)

Thanks, but I think I'll pass. I'm going to give up in this endeavour, and just stick with Win7 for printing.

[AlbertP]

@ Wilbobob: Those packages only appear in Package Manager, because you installed the DEB files. They aren't in the repository.

[HappyLinux]

They weren't in the repository before I used the debs

[AlbertP]

Synaptic also shows installed DEB files that are not from a repository, that's why you see them there. I agree, it looks like it's a repo package.