Good news: If you switch to Oneiric, you get a driver for this printer, as part of Gutenprint 5.2.7. Simply upgrade to Oneiric and set up your printer the usual way and the driver will get found automatically.
** Package changed: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) => gutenprint (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: gutenprint (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858642 Title: No Canon PIXMA IP1980 driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gutenprint/+bug/858642/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs