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I run Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit and I have a Canon PIXMA MG5450 printer connected to the PC with cable. I turn it on and it is not recognized automatically, I can't find any drivers official drivers for it.

Is there any unofficial driver that make it work?

aegyed
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On the Swiss Canon support site, I found the driver source code for the PIXMA MG5400. Just scroll all the way down and hit "Akzeptieren & Herunderladen" (Accept and Download).

You'll receive a tar.gz archive containing the source code. Extract it and open a terminal in the directory cnijfilter-source-3.80-1 where you extracted it.

Execute the command chmod +x scripts/install_deb/install.sh, then execute scripts/install_deb/install.sh

The make, make install way doesn't work, as the Makefile is corrupted...

This might do it. However, I don't know how old this is and how well it is maintained.

EDIT: The other answer points to Canon Singapore, which provides a prepackaged version of the driver for Debian: http://support-sg.canon-asia.com/contents/SG/EN/0100467602.html?r=s&q=

Download, extract, and run the installer script.

s3lph
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  • When I run install.sh I get: An error occurred. A necessary package could not be found in the proper location. I think the script is last modified in 2012. Because I see Copyright CANON INC. 2001-2012 – aegyed Sep 22 '14 at 20:05
  • Then try cd scripts/install_deb && ./install.sh – s3lph Sep 22 '14 at 20:06
  • Actually I executed the script from the install_deb directory. – aegyed Sep 22 '14 at 20:07
  • Then don't do it, but from the directory with the Makefile in it. – s3lph Sep 22 '14 at 20:08
  • The Makefile is in the root folder cnijfilter-source-3.80-1 I get the same error if i try to execute the isntall.sh from there as well. scripts/install_deb && ./install.sh or scripts/install_deb/install.sh – aegyed Sep 22 '14 at 20:15
  • See my edit.... – s3lph Sep 22 '14 at 20:17
  • Yes, I downloaded, ran the install.sh script, but it failed at a point cnijfilter-mg5400series depends on libtiff4; however: Package libtiff4 is not installed. I tried sudo apt-get install libtiff4 but it is not found in the registry. In system settings -> printers I see Canon MG5400 series with a green tick. I tried a test print, on the printer I saw Processing... Please wait momentarily then it disappeared and nothing happend – aegyed Sep 22 '14 at 20:22
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – aegyed Sep 22 '14 at 20:25