Printer Canon MP550 Driver for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial How-to Get & Install
April 19th, 2016 by thelinuxevangelistCanon MP550 Printer Quick-Start for Ubuntu
The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Install the Canon MP550 PIXMA Printer Drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 32/64-bit Desktop.
Included in the Canon Printer Installation Tutorial for Ubuntu Linux You will find also Link to Guide for Getting-Started with Canon Scanning on Ubuntu.

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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
Download Canon MP550 Ubuntu Driver:
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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-get install gdebi
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
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Install the Canon Packages with:
cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb/packages
For 32bit Systems:
sudo su -c "gdebi ./*i386.deb"
For 64bit Systems:
sudo su -c "gdebi ./*amd64.deb"
In case of Installation Issues see this Troubleshooting!
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Installing Canon MP550 Printer Driver:
cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb
Connect & Power On your Printer.
sudo su -c "./install.sh"
You could be asked to Connect and Turn On the printer…
In case of Installation Issues see this Troubleshooting!
If Needed Dependencies Installation First execute:cd packages
sudo apt-get install gdebi
For 32bit Systems:
sudo su -c "gdebi ./*i386.deb"
For 64bit Systems:
sudo su -c "gdebi ./*amd64.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 MP550 Scanner on Ubuntu:
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