Step-by-step – Canon MX420 Driver Installation in Linux Mint 20

Installing Driver

2. 2. Downloading Canon MX420 Driver

   Download Canon MX420 Linux Mint Driver

   Canon MX420 Printer .deb Driver

   Get Canon MX420 Printer in Linux Mint

   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:

   

   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:

   

   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:

   

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3. 3. Extracting Canon MX420 Driver

   Then Extract into the /tmp directory
   With Archive Manager:

   

   To Repeat the Operation Choose “Show Files” after the first Extraction:

   

   And finally, Decompress the Deb Archive.

4. 4. Installing Dependencies

   How to Install Required Packages for Canon Driver on Linux Mint

   Canon Driver Dependencies Installation

   Canon Driver Meet Requirements on Linux Mint

   Follow instructions for Ubuntu Focal.

5. 5. Installing Canon MX420 Driver

   First, Install the Canon Packages
   First, Access the Target with:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb/packages

   For 64-bit Systems play:

   sudo dpkg -i ./*amd64.deb

   And possibly for 32-bit:

   sudo dpkg -i ./*i386.deb

   Now Check if the Printer is Connected & Powered On!

   And then to Install Canon MX420 Printer Driver
   Run the Installation Script:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*

   sudo ./install.sh

   You could be asked to Connect and Turn On the printer…