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[Pascal De Vuyst <pascal.devuyst@xxxxxxxxx>]

The official drivers for this printer are proprietary and closed source,
therefore we cannot/are not allowed to include them into Ubuntu.

Actually your printer manufacturer needs to provide a openprinting distribution independent driver package as described here: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/WritingAndPackagingPrinterDrivers
This would allow automatic download and installation of the manufacturers printer driver by system-config-printer as already implemented by this specification: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/printerdriverautodownload since Ubuntu Intrepid.
As mentioned the system-config-printer part is implemented.
You should ask your manufacturer in this case Canon to provide a distibution independent package that allows their printer driver to be installed automatically on Linux in general (not only Ubuntu).

** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Canon MP250 series: official drivers not listed

Status in cups package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: cups

  The official drivers are available as .deb packages here: http
  ://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100236101.html

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CupsErrorLog:
   
  Date: Thu Aug 26 12:46:17 2010
  Lpstat:
   device for Canon-MP250-series: usb://Canon/MP250%20series
   device for Deskjet-F4200-series: hp:/usb/Deskjet_F4200_series?serial=CN93Q570N005BR
   device for MP140: usb://Canon/MP140%20series
   device for Samsung-SCX-4200-Series: usb://Samsung/SCX-4100%20Series
  MachineType: LENOVO 6366K7G
  Papersize: letter
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
  PpdFiles:
   MP140: Canon PIXMA MP150 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.5 Simplified
   Deskjet-F4200-series: HP Deskjet f4200 Series hpijs, 3.10.2
   Samsung-SCX-4200-Series: Samsung SCX-4200, SpliX V. 2.0.0
   Canon-MP250-series: Canon MP250 series Ver.3.20
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=32652736-7887-4a17-a230-2c964d60417a ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: cups
  dmi.bios.date: 05/16/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 7JET24WW (1.09 )
  dmi.board.name: 6366K7G
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Available
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7JET24WW(1.09):bd05/16/2007:svnLENOVO:pn6366K7G:pvrThinkPadX60Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn6366K7G:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 6366K7G
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X60 Tablet
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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