diff --git a/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/DbgMsg.h b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/DbgMsg.h
index fca1ebdc36..60263b104e 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/DbgMsg.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/DbgMsg.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __DBGMSG_H
 #define __DBGMSG_H
 
-//#define DBG
+// #define DBG
 
 #ifdef DBG
 	void write_debug_stream(const char *, ...);
diff --git a/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/Jamfile b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/Jamfile
index 3aacd6a4a5..921621f086 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/Jamfile
+++ b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/Jamfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ StaticLibrary print :
 	Halftone.cpp
 	JobData.cpp
 	JobSetupDlg.cpp
+	PackBits.cpp
 	PageSetupDlg.cpp
 	Preview.cpp
 	PrinterData.cpp
diff --git a/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/PackBits.cpp b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/PackBits.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..409025ae7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/PackBits.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*
+ * PackBits.cpp
+ * Copyright 1999-2000 Y.Takagi. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+//#define DBG_CON_STREAM
+
+#ifdef DBG_CON_STREAM
+#include <fstream>
+#endif
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "PackBits.h"
+
+#if (!__MWERKS__ || defined(MSIPL_USING_NAMESPACE))
+using namespace std;
+#else 
+#define std
+#endif
+
+#define	MAXINBYTES		127
+#define CONTROL1(i)		-i
+#define CONTROL2(i)		i
+
+enum STATUS {
+	INITIAL,
+	UNDECIDED,
+	UNMATCHED,
+	MATCHED
+};
+
+int pack_bits(unsigned char *pOut, unsigned char *pIn, int n)
+{
+	int i;
+	unsigned char *control;
+	unsigned char *runbuf;
+	unsigned char thisbyte;
+	unsigned char runbyte;
+	STATUS status;
+
+	i = 0;
+	status  = INITIAL;
+	control = runbuf = pOut;
+	runbyte = *pIn++;
+
+	while (--n) {
+		thisbyte = *pIn++;
+		switch (status) {
+		case INITIAL:
+			control   = runbuf++;
+			*runbuf++ = runbyte;
+			if (thisbyte == runbyte) {
+				status = UNDECIDED;
+			} else {
+				runbyte = thisbyte;
+				status  = UNMATCHED;
+			}
+			i = 1;
+			break;
+
+		case UNDECIDED:
+			if (i == MAXINBYTES) {
+				*control  = CONTROL2(i);
+				*runbuf++ = runbyte;
+				runbyte   = thisbyte;
+				status    = INITIAL;
+			} else if (thisbyte == runbyte) {
+				if (i > 1) {
+					*control = CONTROL2(i - 2);
+					control  = runbuf - 1;
+				}
+				i = 2;
+				status = MATCHED;
+			} else {
+				*runbuf++ = runbyte;
+				runbyte   = thisbyte;
+				status    = UNMATCHED;
+				i++;
+			}
+			break;
+
+		case UNMATCHED:
+			if (i == MAXINBYTES) {
+				*control = CONTROL2(i);
+				status   = INITIAL;
+			} else {
+				if (thisbyte == runbyte) {
+					status = UNDECIDED;
+				}
+				i++;
+			}
+			*runbuf++ = runbyte;
+			runbyte   = thisbyte;
+			break;
+
+		case MATCHED:
+			if ((thisbyte != runbyte) || (i == MAXINBYTES)) {
+				runbuf    = control;
+				*runbuf++ = CONTROL1(i);
+				*runbuf++ = runbyte;
+				runbyte   = thisbyte;
+				status    = INITIAL;
+			} else {
+				i++;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch (status) {
+	case INITIAL:
+		*runbuf++ = CONTROL2(1);
+		break;
+	case UNDECIDED:
+	case UNMATCHED:
+		*control  = CONTROL2(i);
+		break;
+	case MATCHED:
+		runbuf    = control;
+		*runbuf++ = CONTROL1(i);
+		break;
+	}
+	*runbuf++ = runbyte;
+
+	return runbuf - pOut;
+}
+
+#ifdef DBG_CON_STREAM
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ifstream ifs(*++argv, ios::binary | ios::nocreate);
+	if (!ifs) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ifs.seekg(0, ios::end);
+	long size = ifs.tellg();
+	ifs.seekg(0, ios::beg);
+
+	unsigned char *pIn  = new unsigned char[size];
+	unsigned char *pOut = new unsigned char[size * 3];
+
+	ifs.read(pIn, size);
+
+	int cnt = PackBits(pOut, pIn, size);
+
+	ofstream ofs("test.bin", ios::binary);
+	ofs.write(pOut, cnt);
+
+	delete [] pIn;
+	delete [] pOut;
+
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/PackBits.h b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/PackBits.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faf4ec5083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/add-ons/print/drivers/canon_lips/libprint/PackBits.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * PackBits.h
+ * Copyright 1999-2000 Y.Takagi. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __PACKBITS_H
+#define __PACKBITS_H
+
+int	pack_bits(unsigned char *out, unsigned char *in, int bytes);
+
+#endif	/* __PACKBITS_H */