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Do you still have the CD that came with the printer? If so, does it contain a PPD file? That's what you really want.<br><br>A quick Google search and it seems that Canon wants to give you a nice big installation program rather than just the driver (the PPD).<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dru<br><br>> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:51:14 +1000<br>> From: rob1940@gmail.com<br>> To: support@lists.pcbsd.org<br>> Subject: [PC-BSD Support] automake, Canon software, etc<br>> <br>> Dear Helpers,<br>> <br>> I'm trying to install support for a Canon LBP 7200Cdn printer<br>> (colour laser printer, duplex, networking - good value). Canon have<br>> their own page description language (CAPT) but provide software to<br>> integrate with CUPS so that the printer can be used (converts from<br>> postscript to CAPT, I think). The software is provided in .deb and<br>> .rpm formats and I'm not sure if these can be installed in PCBSD as<br>> packages. Canon also supplies the source, complete with makefiles.<br>> And this is where the problem lies:<br>> <br>> 1. The software uses "automake" and "autoconf", well-known building<br>> tools. However, on PCBSD these two are not in the standard path,<br>> instead they reside in /Programs/K3B/bin. Why is is this? I can put<br>> this into my path and then access them to do the build, but I'd like<br>> to know what I am doing. Why aren't they in /usr/local/bin or<br>> somewhere like that? Is there any harm in using /usr/ports/devel to<br>> make autoconf and automake and have them installed in a more standard<br>> place?<br>> <br>> 2. The supplied version of automake has a problem:<br>> <br>> pcbsd [9:46] ~>which automake<br>> /Programs/K3B/bin/automake<br>> pcbsd [9:47] ~>automake --version<br>> Can't locate Automake/Struct.pm in @INC (@INC contains:<br>> /Programs/K3B/share/automake-1.10 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/BSDPAN<br>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/mach<br>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/mach<br>> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1 .) at /Programs/K3B/bin/automake-1.10 line<br>> 48.<br>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Programs/K3B/bin/automake-1.10 line 48.<br>> <br>> Should I use the ports system to put in new versions of autoconf and automake?<br>> <br>> My system is:<br>> <br>> pcbsd [9:47] ~>uname -a<br>> FreeBSD pcbsd 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #4: Thu Jan 7<br>> 09:20:42 PST 2010<br>> root@build8x32.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/pcbsd-build80/fbsd-source/8.0-src/sys/PCBSD<br>> i386<br>> <br>> Thanks for the help.<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Rob Hurle<br>> -- <br>> -----------------------------<br>> Rob Hurle<br>> ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific<br>> School of Culture, History and Language<br>> Histories of Asia and the Pacific<br>> e-mail: rob1940@gmail.com<br>> Telephone (ANU): +61 2 6125 3169<br>> Mobile (in VN): +84 948 243 538<br>> Mobile (in OZ): +61 417 293 603<br>> -----------------------------<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Support mailing list<br>> Support@lists.pcbsd.org<br>> http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/support<br> </body>
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