Case study

Canon IVEC driver: reconstructing PIXMA and MAXIFY print commands

Canon IVEC driver reconstructs print and maintenance commands for PIXMA and MAXIFY inkjets in an open Linux CUPS driver. Its protocol reference documents IVEC XML job framing, PWG Raster page data and USB status handling. The author reports byte-for-byte matches against Canon driver output for 1,194 checked jobs and commands.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 4
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Linux system with CUPS and the listed build dependencies is required to build the driver.
Testing evidence: The author reports 1,194 byte-for-byte comparisons across the checked models and commands.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later license.

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BibTeX

@misc{canon-ivec-driver-case,
  title = {{Canon IVEC driver: reconstructing PIXMA and MAXIFY print commands}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/noble6/canon-universal-driver}},
  url = {https://github.com/noble6/canon-universal-driver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/canon-ivec-driver-case/}}
}

Plain text

Canon IVEC driver: reconstructing PIXMA and MAXIFY print commands. https://github.com/noble6/canon-universal-driver (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/canon-ivec-driver-case/

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docs/PROTOCOL_IVEC.md GitHub · noble6/canon-universal-driver · Revision c087e1b
README.md GitHub · noble6/canon-universal-driver · Revision c087e1b
research/README.md GitHub · noble6/canon-universal-driver · Revision c087e1b