
- #CANON F166400 LASER PRINTER HOW TO#
- #CANON F166400 LASER PRINTER INSTALL#
- #CANON F166400 LASER PRINTER DRIVERS#
My actual model of printer wasn’t in the resulting list, so I selected the closest matching ** 64-bit ** package (not the 32-bit package) for my model of printer (i.e., I picked the next highest printer model, for a line ending with “-64”). – In Synaptic Package Manager, I searched for “cnijfilter”. – I then started Synaptic Package Manager, but I ignored / skipped the instruction about installing “cndrvcups-common” Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon-stable – I followed the first two instructions above… I don’t know if there’s a 64-bit PPA, but this is what I did to get my Canon printer working on a 64-bit Ubuntu-based distro… Just updgraded the OS on one system, and recalled that I needed to go through this procedure again for my Canon printer. I had set this up 2-3 years ago on one of my Linux systems. “I get a message telling me there are unresolvable dependancies. Your printer will be automatically detected by Ubuntu. Once installed, connect your printer to the computer.
#CANON F166400 LASER PRINTER INSTALL#
Also search and install scangearmp to install ScanGear MP. Then search for and install cndrvcups-common to install Common Modules, search cnijfilter and find your driver to install. Install Synaptic Package Manager from Ubuntu Software Center, then open it. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon-trunk Update 2: For Ubuntu 14.04 users, below PPA miss the packages for ScanGear MP, see this guide. Update: For Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 13.10, please use the daily PPA (only cnijfilter-xxxseries packages available): Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, copy and paste this command and run to add the ppa: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon-stable

Make sure to disconnect the Canon printer from your computer first.
#CANON F166400 LASER PRINTER DRIVERS#
There’s a ppa repository that provides the official drivers of Canon printers and multifunction devices which are not available on Canon’s website.

#CANON F166400 LASER PRINTER HOW TO#
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to install official drivers of commonly used Canon Printers on Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, 12.04, and Linux Mint.
