Setting up Canon Printer

Download the driver

Download Canon MG5250 Ubuntu Driver Here Canon MG5250 Printer .deb Driver

https://www.canon-europe.com/support/consumer_products/products/fax__multifunctionals/inkjet/pixma_mg_series/pixma_mg5250.html?type=drivers&language=en&os=linux%20(64-bit)

How to Install Required Packages for Canon Driver on Ubuntu Here Canon Driver Dependencies Installation

Install old Dependencies

Note: libpng12 is no longer available in the Ubuntu repository archives and as a result, some applications that were not built with the newer libpng (libpng16) library fail to install.

Download and install libpng12-0_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb (113.7 KiB) : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/15108504

or

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/libpng12
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libpng12-0

For the same reason, install libtiff4.

  1. Add the Ubuntu Precise Extra Packages Repo with:

echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main universe" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise.list

  1. Refresh the Apt Sources with:

sudo apt update

  1. Installing libtiff4 on Ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt install libtiff4 libtiff4-dev

  1. Disabling the Ubuntu Extra Apt Repo

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/precise.list
sudo apt update

Install Canon Packages

First, Install the Canon Packages First, Access the Target with:

cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb/packages

For 64-bit Systems play:

sudo dpkg -i ./*amd64.deb

Now Check if the Printer is Connected & Powered On!

And then to Install Canon MG5250 Printer Driver Run the Installation Script:

cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb

sudo ./install.sh