Ubuntu Printer Canon IP1700 Pixma using IP1800 driver

I have been trying to install using packages the drivers for the printer of a friend: a Canon IP 1700 PIXMA- It proved more complex than once thought, so she has been without a printer for a while. I had tried as suggested in a few web pages to use the driver of the IP 2200 using alien. I finally managed after I first removed all the drivers I had installed for the IP2200 and then reinstalling IP1800 drivers for debian from some web page. So at least, she has a printer right now. Edit: Note that packages for the version 7.10 of ubuntu can be downloaded there. It seems that for the Hardy Heron (aka Ubuntu 8.04) some other drivers exist, see this page.

Ubuntu Installation

Yesterday, I installed a Ubuntu system on the laptop of a friend of mine, whose windows got bugged by a virus and who could not boot any more.

The laptop of my friend is a Acer Travelmate 2420. There seems to be a number of good experiences with this laptop under linux so I went ahead and tried the installation.

Moving ext3 impossible

The installation went without real problems, apart that as I tried to update ubuntu there was enough place on the hard disk (well there may have been in the end if I had cleaned the cache of the previous updates. I will have to take a look at this). Once I noticed that I tried to resize the root partition. To do this, I resized the home partition. This was no problem. But as I tried to move the ext3 partition, I noticed that it did not work. So I had to reinstall the system another time.

Printer

The other problem I had was installing the printer. She has a Canon PIXMAP IP 1700 and there is no direct driver for this printer. It seems that another driver works: the IP2200 driver. Yet I haven't tried whether it works yet. I wanted to make sure that it does not ruin her printer.

DVD Burner

I will also have to make sure her DVD burner works without problem.

Antivirus

She also asked me to install an antivirus which updates itself. I used for this the antivirus which is accessible from ubuntu (I think it is the clamav). And she tried to install another one from the internet antivir, but I do not know if that works.