Canon Selphy Printers (ES2/ES3/ES30/ES40)

Has anyone had success printing to a Canon Selphy printer with 10.6? I have an ES2. I tried resetting the print system and using the Gutenprint driver but when I try to print from iPhoto, the printer driver hangs endlessly at "Print page 1 - 100%" but nothing ever happens on the Selphy. I tried also using the older ES2 driver (not Gutenprint) and this does not work either.
Anyone have any suggestions? Right now I am booting into VMWare and printing from a Windows virtual machine. Not the best use of time!
I saw someone else got a Selphy printer to work but I am not sure how. Sounds like they were using Gutenprint. Hm.

I've a Selphy ES20 - and now it prints.
The Gutenprint driver won't work - neither Gutenprint 5.2.3 nor 5.2.4.
I've made it nearly like zenobiaflex:
(Due to I don't now what the best way is, I write down my steps)
1.) Installed Gutenprint 5.2.4 = don't print
2.) Installed the Canon ES20 printer driver 2.1 from Canon Website (although it's not for OS X 10.6)
3.) Deinstalled Gutenprint with "gutenprint-uninstaller-1.2.6.dmg" (see http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php)
4.) Reboot the Mac
5.) After reboot, the Mac finds the Selphy by himself and can print (under iPhoto, Photoshop Elements and so on)
After all: I hople like zenobiaflex that Apple or the Gutenprint-Project recognize that the driver is completely useless (more tests before approval?).

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I have an selphy cp 800. I tried to instal the Lion driver But no luck. i Bought this printer before i upgraded, and I am a bit frustrated that Apple or Canon doesent care.
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Interesting Matt. So no version of the Gutenprint CP800 driver ever worked?
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D [16/Jun/2007:06:42:59 -0400] [Job 34] `/private/var/spool/cups/d00034-001' ha
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D [16/Jun/2007:06:42:59 -0400] [Job 34] PDFtoTiogaRaster: SheetWidth = 295.68,
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D [16/Jun/2007:06:42:59 -0400] [Job 34] ImageableArea.origin.x = -0, ImageableA
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