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

Install Canon MG5540/MG5550 Driver Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Canon PIXMA MG5540/MG5550 Printer Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS 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 also detailed instructions to Getting-Started with Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanning on Ubuntu.

1. Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. Download Canon MG5540/MG5550 Ubuntu Driver

   Canon MG5540/MG5550 Printer Linux Driver

   Get Canon MG5540/MG5550 Printer in Ubuntu.

   Of Firefox Select directly ‘Open with Archive Manager’!

3. Double-Click/Right-Click & Open with Archive Manager
   And Extract into the /tmp directory:

   

4. Checking/Installing GDebi Package Installer:

   which gdebi

   If Not there then:

   sudo apt install gdebi-core gdebi

5. Install the Canon Packages with:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb/packages

   For 32-bit Systems:

   sudo gdebi ./*i386.deb

   For 64-bit Systems:

   sudo gdebi ./*amd64.deb

6. Installing Canon MG5540/MG5550 Printer Driver:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*

   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!
   

7. Finally, Go on System Settings to Add Printer
   And the Printer will be Recognized and Installed

   

8. Getting-Started with Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanner on Ubuntu

   Ubuntu Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanner Quick Start

   Linux Ubuntu Canon MG5540/MG5550 Scanner Quick Start.