Printer Canon MX884 / MX885 Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial How to Get & Install

Canon MX884 / MX885 Printer Quick Start for Ubuntu

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon MX884 / MX885 PIXMA Printer Drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS Desktop.

Included in the Canon Printer Installation Tutorial for Ubuntu you find also detailed instructions on How to Get Started with Canon Scanning on Ubuntu.

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

   

2. Download Canon MX884 / MX885 Ubuntu Driver

   Canon MX884 / MX885 Printer Linux Driver

   Get Canon MX884 / MX885 Printer in Ubuntu.

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-get install gdebi gdebi-core

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

5. How to Install Required Packages for Canon Driver on Ubuntu

   Canon Driver Dependencies Installation

   Canon Driver Meet Requirements on Ubuntu Linux.

6. 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

7. Installing Canon MX884 / MX885 Printer Driver:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*

   Connect & Power On your Printer.

   sudo ./install.sh

   
   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

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

   

9. Getting-Started with Canon MX884 / MX885 Scanner on Ubuntu

   Ubuntu Canon MX884 / MX885 Scanner Quick Start

   Linux Ubuntu Canon MX884 / MX885 Scanner Quick Start.