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10.5: Canon iP2600 CUPS printer driver fix
Authored by: mbroughtn on Jan 30, '09 09:05:21AM

All this should not be necessary. I downloaded the driver cited and ran the installer. There is a PPD that is installed. It is at /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/CanonIJiP2600series.ppd.gz.

It is a multilingual PPD, so it can legitimately be placed in the Resources directory rather than under a specific language sub-directory. This is a feature only found in OS X 10.5.x (CUPS 1.2 or higher).

Your printer most likely does not identify itself as "Canon iP2600 series" to the printing system. That is the most likely reason that the printing system did not make an automatic match.



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10.5: Canon iP2600 CUPS printer driver fix
Authored by: PizzaCake on Feb 01, '09 05:30:50AM

I assure you in my case the driver did not install the ppd in the location however maybe it was because I ran the driver from a normal user account (giving admin password when asked) rather than from an admin account? Should not matter either way.

Carrying out the steps above fixed the issue.



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