Installation of drivers for Canon MG5300 series fails…

Solution 1:

I found this "manual" which gave rudimentry steps for installing not using the "script".

This is how I pulled it off…

Downloaded the driver from here.

Uncompressed the folder cnijfilter-mg5300series-3.60-1-deb to my Desktop.

From the folder Packages installed the packages cnijfilter-common_3.60-1_amd64.deb and cnijfilter-mg5300series_3.60-1_amd64.deb in that order. This was for the 64bit Ubuntu, the other two in the folder are for the 32 bit Ubuntu.

UPDATE: To find the MAC address: [a]use the wobble pointer (around the OK button) up to where it shows setup. [b] Press the function button under "setup" [c] wobble pointer left to "Device Settings" [d]Select "LAN settings" [e] select "Confirm LAN settings" [f] select WLAN setting list [g] wobble button down to MAC address.

Opened a terminal and ran these commands (where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is the MAC address of the printer.

sudo service cups restart
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p MG5300LAN -m canonmg5300.ppd -v cnijnet:/XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX -E
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -d MG5300LAN

At this point the rudimentary steps ended, and I relied on the last hope of the ignorant, stumbling around ⋯ and it worked.

Opened from the Ubuntu main menu System>Administration>Printing

Selected the printer MG5300LAN and from the Printing window menu bar Selected Printer>Properties.

On the Setting sub·page that opened, to the right of "Device URI:" text box containing the MAC address et al, pressed the button named Change…

On the popup window "Change Device URI" I selected Network Printer and then Find Network Printer

After waiting a bit, Canon MG5300(MG5320LAN…)(Current) showed up. Selected and applied.

Back on Printer Properties… popup·window, pressed button Print Test Page. Waited for test page, breathing huge sigh of relief.

Note: This is the very first time I have installed a printer on Linux, heretofore using printers attached to a Windows system.