Installing Canon MG6870/MG6880/MG6890 Drivers for Ubuntu
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon PIXMA MG6870/MG6880/MG6890 Printer Drivers and Quick Start Scanning on Ubuntu 14.04-Trusty-LTS/16.04-Xenial-LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.
Included in the Canon PIXMA MG6870/MG6880/MG6890 Installation Tutorial for Ubuntu you find also detailed instructions on How to Get Started with Canon Scanning on Ubuntu.
Canon PIXMA MG6800 Series Printer includes the following Models:
Canon MG6810, Canon MG6820, Canon MG6840,
Canon MG6850, Canon MG6851, Canon MG6852, Canon MG6853,
Canon MG6860, Canon MG6865, Canon MG6866,
Canon MG6870, Canon MG6880, Canon MG6890.

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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
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 MG6800 Series Printer Linux Driver
Select the MG6800 Series Printers .deb Driver.
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Open a File Manager Window
Go to Home > Downloads -
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
And then for 64-bit Systems:
sudo apt install ./*amd64.deb
Instead on 32-bit:
sudo apt install ./*i386.deb
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Finally, Go on System Settings to Add Printer
And the Printer will be Recognized and Installed -
Getting-Started with Canon MG6870/MG6880/MG6890 Scanner on Ubuntu