Printer Canon Pixma MG5250

[Frankynov]

Hello !

I'm planning to buy a new printer, the Canon Pixma MG5250.



The thing is, I can't find any linux driver on the Canon website and someone in a french forum reported it to no work in Ubuntu

Has anybody tried it and had positive results ?

Thanks !

François

[peertje888]

Smart on asking that question first...we already bought one

I have opened a support ticket at canon.

So frustrating: there is an app for smart phones to print, but on my Ubuntu machine it is impossible!

The printer prints photo beautiful! Only the characters aren't as sharp as the laser printer we had before. This is surprising me as the resolution is way higher! 2400x9600dpi while the laser printer was 600x1200dpi

When I found a driver, I'll post it here

[Jacko1]

Hi, I found that the Canon websites are not synchronized.
In the Asian pages you find linux drivers for MG5100 and MG5200 series.
http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/P..._os&g_os=Linux
I installed one of the deb package for my MG5150 and at least the printer works.
However, I'm having troubles with the scanner, as both the simple scan and the Xsane do not recognize it.

J.

[PeterF54321]

The Canon European pages now have Linux drivers listed for this printer.

http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010889.asp

[eljopc]

The Canon European pages now have Linux drivers listed for this printer.

http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010889.asp

This is SO GREAT, but how do I install these drivers on Ubuntu 10.10?

[eljopc]

The Canon European pages now have Linux drivers listed for this printer.

http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010889.asp

This is SO GREAT, but how do I install these drivers on Ubuntu 10.10?

[sjosul]

Assuming you downloaded the file "MG5200series-printer_driver.tar", just extract it. Then extract the "cnijfilter-mg5200series-3.40-1-deb.tar.gz" file. In the terminal, navigate to that folder:

cd Downloads
cd MG5200series-printer_driver
cd cnijfilter-mg5200series-3.40-1-deb

Then install:

sudo ./install.sh

Follow the onscreen prompts. I had already connected the printer using wifi (this is done on the printer), and the setup in terminal recognised it immediately. The whole process took about 30 seconds.

[sjosul]

To add the scanner function:

Download the "MG5200series-scanner_driver.tar" software from the canon website here. Extract, and in the extracted folder, extract the "scangearmp-mg5200series-1.60-1-deb.tar.gz" file.

Install the software in the terminal by navigating to the folder you last extracted, and type:

sudo ./install.sh

Once installed, to run the software, in a terminal type:

scangearmp

Or, setup a new menu item called "Scanner" or "ScanGear" etc, and use the same command.

I found that when I first ran scangearmp, there was no identified scanner. there is a single button that will search for a scanner. Found it within seconds.

[davester65]

Just bought one of these printers and configured both printer and scanner in under 5 mins with the help of this thread....Thanks Guys

[Asklund]

Thanks for the tips.
This driver also works in Ubuntu 11.04