WiFi (wireless) connection to Canon MP 560 printer/scanner?

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I don't have a Canon printer and have never installed one of their drivers.  Did a quick search for you and found this article that sounds like the easiest way to do it:  http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2011/06/downlo...river.html.

Article is a few years old, but I'm pretty sure the repository still works.  You'll know when executing command to add it.  If it doesn't work, you'll just get an error message.  So, from that article -- this is what you should try:

*  Open a terminal  (click its launcher icon along panel)

*  Copy/Paste this command to add the repository with Canon drivers:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon-trunk

(Type your user password when asked -- it will not show-up on terminal as you type it.)

*  If then asked to confirm that you want to add repo, do that.

• If get an error message and you typed command instead of copy/pasting it, then look carefully to make sure it matches exactly with command above.  Spacing and upper/lowercase lettering, etc. must match exactly.  If everything matches above, then I guess repo no longer works -- just exit out of terminal and skip to end of this post.
  

*  Tell computer to update package sources

Code:

sudo apt-get update

*  Now install your driver

Code:

sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp560series

Hopefully that worked for you.  (If doesn't work right away, try restarting computer to see if that makes it take effect.  Don't think you'll need to do that, but it's possible.  When installing proprietary graphics drivers you have to restart, so maybe same will apply to proprietary printer too.)

If no luck adding repo, plug your printer model into this search engine and look at the results (that's how I found what I just typed):  Linux Beginner Search Engine.