How to Install Canon I-SENSYS Printer on MX Linux

April 2, 2019 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing Driver

  1. 2. Downloading Canon I-SENSYS

    Download Canon I-SENSYS MX Drivers

    Canon I-SENSYS Deb Driver

    Search for your Canon i-SENSYS Printer Model.
    When available get the CQue Driver elsewhere the UFRII one.
    In case of a LBP Printer you may need instead see the: CAPT Driver Setup Guide.

  2. 3. Extracting Canon i-SENSYS Driver

    If Needed Double-Click & Open with Archive Manager
    Then Extract into the /tmp directory:

    How to Install Canon i-SENSYS MX - File Manager
  3. 4. Installing GDebi

    Follow Checking/Installing GDebi Package Installer:

    which gdebi

    If Not there then:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt install gdebi-core gdebi

    Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

  4. 5. Installing Canon i-SENSYS Driver

    Install Canon i-SENSYS CQue/UFRII Driver.

    If found CQue Driver in your printer then:

    sudo gdebi ~/Downloads/CQue*.deb

    Else for UFRII:
    First, change to the Target Directory
    For 32-bit Systems:

    cd /tmp/*/32-bit*/Debian

    For 64-bit Systems:

    cd /tmp/*/64-bit*/Debian

    Next Install UFRII Packages with:

    sudo gdebi ./*.deb

    And Finally, Run the Installation Script:

    cd ../..
    sudo ./install.sh

    Again Install/Update CUPS Package
    Also if it should be normally already in place:

    sudo apt install cups

    And then possibly to Run CUPS Service:

    sudo service cups start
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