Canon MG5540 / MG5550 Driver for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial How-to Get & Install

April 16, 2016 | By thelinuxevangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

Install Canon MG5540/MG5550 Driver Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

You are Welcome! The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Install Canon PIXMA MG5540/MG5550 Printer Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS 32/64-bit Desktop.

And the Canon PIXMA MG5540/MG5550 Printer Installation on Ubuntu 16.04 simply involve to Download the Proprietary driver and execute few Basic Commands on Shell.

Finally, included in the guide You will find also Link to Guide for Getting-Started with Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanning on Ubuntu.

Printer Canon MG5540/MG5550 Driver for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial How to Download and Install - Featured

Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Download Canon MG5540/MG5550 Ubuntu Driver:

Canon MG5540/MG5550 Printer Linux Driver

Get Canon MG5540/MG5550 Printer Driver for Ubuntu.

Of Firefox Select directly ‘Open with Archive Manager’!
Double-Click/Right-Click & Open with Archive Manager
And Extract into the /tmp directory:
Checking/Installing GDebi Package Installer:
```
which gdebi
```
If Not there then:
```
sudo apt install gdebi
```

Install the Canon Packages with:

cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb/packages

For 32bit Systems:

sudo gdebi ./*i386.deb

For 64-bit Systems:

sudo gdebi ./*amd64.deb

Installing Canon MG5540/MG5550 Printer Driver:
```
cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb
```
Connect & Power On your Printer.
```
sudo ./install.sh
```
You could be asked to Connect and Turn On the printer…
In case of Installation Issues see this Troubleshooting!
Finally Go on System Settings to Add Printer
And the Printer will be Recognized and Installed.
Getting-Started with Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanner on Ubuntu:

Ubuntu Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanner Quick-Start

Linux Ubuntu Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanner Quick-Start.