Due to obsessive tinkering, I have had to reinstall my Canon MG 5220 printer scanner for numerous versions of Ubuntu and Mint. Although Canon supports Windows well, its support of Linux is pathetic. A search of the web shows numerous methods of installing these drivers, which work to a better or lesser extent. Most of them will not give you printer ink monitors or maintenance windows. However, on my latest installation of Mint 16 Cinnamon, I was able to use, with the kind assistance of many web posts, the following method, which gave me the desired monitors, better color, and speedier printing. Many thanks to Michael-Gruz for hosting these amazing drivers on launchpad.

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Set up Printer for wireless operation. Make sure the printer is on and broadcasting a signal.

1. Open terminal

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

3. Enter: sudo apt-get update

4. Open Synaptic Package Manager

5. Insure that CUPS is installed

6. Search for cnijfilter-common-64, mark for installation and apply

7. Search for cnijfilter-mg5200series-64, mark for installation and apply

8. Search for cups-pdf, mark for installation and apply

9. Open System Settings, go to Hardware-Printers and open

10. This opens 'Printers – localhost' window. Click on +Add

11. Click on Network Printer, which should show Canon MG-5200-series in the dropdown menu.

12. Highlight this and click Forward. This should set up the printer and offer to print a test page.

Set up Scanner:

1. Go to website: http://support-my.canon-asia.com/contents/MY/EN/0100303002.html

2. Download and extract scangearmp-mg5200series-1.60-1-deb.tar.gz

3. Using Nemo, open the folder scangearmp-mg5200series-1.60-1-deb as root (right click on containing directory and select 'Open as root')

4. Find file install.sh, check Properties → Permissions to make sure 'Allow executing file as a program' is checked. Close Properties

5. Double click on install.sh. This should install the program scangearmp in usr/bin.

6. On the Desktop, right click on an empty space and select '+ Create a new launcher here'.

7. This opens Launcher Properties window. Under name, enter Canon ScanGear. Under command, click Browse button and navigate to File System → usr → bin →scangearmp. Optional: click on the Spring icon, navigate to a better looking scanner icon, downloaded from web or other source. Click OK.This will give you the option to add the launcher to the menu. Make selection and enjoy.