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Problem Solved ...

First of all, make sure your system is up-to-date (e.g., use Synaptic Package Manager under System -> Administration).

Once that's done, the following link is definitely VERY helpful and i would be completely lost without it; but i'm posting a couple of changes to it that worked for my computer.

Link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanonPixmaIP1500

Amendments:

Instruction #3: If you get an error message about libxml1, try then typing:
sudo apt-get install libxml2

Instruction #8 should be:
sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

Instruction #9: After you go to System -> Administration -> Printing, just to be sure, ...
1. Add the printer if it's icon isn't already there
2. Right-click on the printer
3. Select "Properties" from context menu
4. Click the "Change" button that corresponds to "Make and Model"
5. Check the radio button beside "Provide PPD file"
6. Click on the file finder in that section of the window
7. Locate the directory /usr/share/cups/model
8. Double-click the PPD file: "canonpixmaip1500.ppd"
9. Follow the directions

Thank you, tsayles, for the very helpful link, and thank you to whoever wrote those instructions!