Installing Cannon MP490 printer as a shared network printer on Ubuntu

1. Download the canon drivers for Linux from here
2. Extract the .deb packages from the archive, install the common package first using the commands below (Don’t need the “–force-architecture” parameter if  using i386 architecture)

   sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture cnijfilter-common_3.20-1_i386.deb
   sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture cnijfilter-mp490series_3.20-1_i386.deb

3. Restart cups by issuing the command

    sudo service cups restart

4. Goto http://localhost:631, add canon printer as a networked printer, Select windows samba shared printer
5. Test printer