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

1) 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 8.10.
As mentioned the system-config-printer part is implemented and this way we do not need to ship all drivers on the CDs, we are prepared for printers being launched after our release or being supported only by closed-source drivers which we are not allowed to distribute, driver updates, ...
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).

2) No you can install other printer queues / drivers for your printer
next to the existing proprietary to test, setting this part to
Incomplete again

** Changed in: foomatic-db (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817993

Title:
  Provide drivers for Canon ir3035

Status in foomatic-db package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  As in summary. Currently you have to download deb from Cannon pages,
  unpack it, find the correct driver, unpack it again and point printer
  config to the ppd. Totaly user unfriendly.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: cups 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.47-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CupsErrorLog:
   
  Date: Fri Jul 29 13:25:40 2011
  MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  Papersize: a4
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=pl_PL:pl:en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=d6d9b55b-2a61-4793-a5ba-982b43f9a7f4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: cups
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (81 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2004
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1002.002
  dmi.board.name: P4P800-MX
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1002.002:bd06/11/2004:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASUSTekComputerInc.:rnP4P800-MX:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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