Gak sengaja ngebaca artikel tentang printer di salah satu forum yang membahas tentang printer canon di linux, dan akhirnya langsung gw praktekin di Ubuntu Lucid Lynx dengan Canon Pixma iP 1980, dan beginilah prosesnya :
Pertama donlot dulu sofwer dari wesbite canon yang beralamat di http://www.canon-europe.com/Support/Consumer_Products/products/printers/InkJet/PIXMA_iP_series/iP1900.aspx?DLtcmuri=tcm:13-738712&page=1&type=download dan pada bagian bawah conteng persetujuan lisensi dan klik tombol donlot. Setelah donlot selesai, lalu ekstrak file .tar tersebut yang berisi 3 file lalu install file file tersebut seperti di bawah ini
kubiwa@kubiwa-machine:~$ cd /home/kubiwa/Downloads/iP1900_debian_printer/
kubiwa@kubiwa-machine:~/Downloads/iP1900_debian_printer$ ls
cnijfilter-common_3.00-1_i386.deb cnijfilter-ip1900series_3.00-1_i386.deb
cnijfilter-common-3.00-1.tar.gz
kubiwa@kubiwa-machine:~/Downloads/iP1900_debian_printer$ sudo dpkg -i --force-depends *.deb
[sudo] password for kubiwa:
Selecting previously deselected package cnijfilter-common.
(Reading database ... 134176 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cnijfilter-common (from cnijfilter-common_3.00-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package cnijfilter-ip1900series.
Unpacking cnijfilter-ip1900series (from cnijfilter-ip1900series_3.00-1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: cnijfilter-common: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
cnijfilter-common depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1); however:
Package libcupsys2 is not installed.
Setting up cnijfilter-common (3.00-1) ...
dpkg: cnijfilter-ip1900series: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
cnijfilter-ip1900series depends on libcupsys2 (>= 1.2.1); however:
Package libcupsys2 is not installed.
Setting up cnijfilter-ip1900series (3.00-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
kubiwa@kubiwa-machine:~/Downloads/iP1900_debian_printer$
Setelah selesai di install lalu hidupkan dan colokkan USB printer lalu masuk ke System > Administration > Printing maka akan muncul tampilan seperti gambar gambar di bawah ini
Akhirnya gw sekarang bisa juga ngeprint dari Ubutu Lucid Lynx gw :D