Dear All,
This post has been written to ease the pain of installing drivers for Canon MP145.
First download the drivers from-

http://support-in.canon-asia.com/P/s..._os&g_os=Linux

Here deb files are available which can be installed by GDebi. Drivers files required are:-

1. ScanGear MP Ver. 1.10 for Linux(debian Package for MP140series)
2. IJ Printer Driver Ver. 2.80 for Linux(debian Common package)
3. ScanGear MP Ver. 1.10 for Linux(debian Common package)
4. IJ Printer Driver Ver. 2.80 for Linux(debian Package for the MP140 ...

First install common package then MP140 series package. You are thru.....

Regards