canon Printer

Linux Support
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Hi , I’m new for Linux and just need your help.
I got a canon MG 5150 and I download a driver from canon but don’t know how to install it to my linux.
The file that I 've got they are 3 file which are :

cnijfilter-mg5100series-3.40-1-deb.tar.gz
cnijfilter-mg5100series-3.40-1-rpm.tar.gz
cnijfilter-mg5100series-3.40-1_en.tar.gz

I don’t know where can I start. could any one help?

My linux is Mint 15 Olivia , cinamon 32 bit.

Thank you.

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Unpack the cnijfilter-mg5100series-3.40-1-deb.tar.gz … the others aren’t necessary.

then navigate into the cnijfilter-mg5100series-3.40-1-deb > packages directories that have now appeared on the desktop

and double click these 2 packages IN THIS ORDER to install them

cnijfilter-common_3.40-1_i386.deb
then
cnijfilter-mg5100series_3.40-1_i386.deb

Then set up your printer in the normal way.

BTW, those are only the PRINTER drivers, the scanner drivers may have to be downloaded separately.

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Thank you for your reply, I have managed to install a driver and installed fine and it should print but I didn’t try to print anything yet as a printer is dead now.
And at this moment I have got another canon printer as well which is MP640 wireless one. I got the driver from canon website but again don’t know how to install it and this time the file they different from the above previous post. I hope you can help again this time. Thank you.

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Try this…

Run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon-stable

then

sudo apt-get update

then

sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp640series scangearmp-mp640series

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5

Thank you again for your advice, And It works perfectly with printing or scanning. I’m just wondering apart of install driver through the terminal , can it be just add a printer just from system , preference then add a printer?

6

That would only work if the printer drivers were included by default … most Canon models aren’t (so the drivers need to be added first).

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