Installing Canon MG7760/MG7765/MG7766 Drivers for Ubuntu
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon PIXMA MG7760/MG7765/MG7766 Printer Drivers and Quick Start Scanning on Ubuntu 14.04-Trusty-LTS/16.04-Xenial-LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.
Included in the Canon PIXMA MG7760/MG7765/MG7766 Installation Tutorial for Ubuntu you find also detailed instructions on How to Get Started with Canon Scanning on Ubuntu.
Canon PIXMA MG7700 Series Printer includes the following Models:
Canon MG7710, Canon MG7720, Canon MG7740,
Canon MG7750, Canon MG7751, Canon MG7752, Canon MG7753,
Canon MG7760, Canon MG7765, Canon MG7766,
Canon MG7770, Canon MG7780, Canon MG7790.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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Installing Required Packages.
sudo su -c "apt-get install libxml2 libglade2-0 libpng3 libtiff5"
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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Download Canon MG7700 Series Printer Linux Driver
Select the MG7700 Series Printers .deb Driver.
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Open a File Manager Window
Go to Home > Downloads
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Possibly Double-Click on Printer Driver on the File Manager:
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Extract into the /tmp Directory.
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Installing Canon Printer Driver
Access the Target location:cd /tmp/cnijfilter*
Run the Installation script:
sudo ./install.sh
You could be asked to Connect and Turn On the Printer…
In case of Installation Issues see this Troubleshooting!
Now in case of Issue then try first to execute:cd packages
sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-core
For 32-bit Systems:
sudo gdebi ./*i386.deb
For 64-bit Systems:
sudo gdebi ./*amd64.deb
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Finally, Go on System Settings to Add Printer
And the Printer will be Recognized and Installed
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Getting-Started with Canon MG7760/MG7765/MG7766 Scanner on Ubuntu
