Cannot install Canon Printer MG3100 Driver

Hi guys! This is my first time using a MacBook Air and I got it in January this year. Initially, I managed to somehow get my wireless printer to be connected to my Mac (but I cannot remember the method I did). I was able to use it normally till February. After about 3 weeks of not printing anything, my Mac can no longer detect my printer. It's really frustrating! I downloaded the correct driver from the Canon website but it always fails to install! It always shows this:
And I've tried downloading external drivers like Apple Canon Printer Drivers (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27696/apple-canon-printer-drivers) and Apple Canon Printer Driver 3.0 for Mac OS (http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/16430/) but none of it seems to be working!
Please help, I don't know what else I can do!
Thank you!

If you didn't manually trash the Canon driver files then they are most likely still present so the action of trying to run the driver installer again is unnecessary. To check if the driver is still present, open Finder and select Go > Go to Folder. Then copy the following text and paste that into the Go to Folder field and then press the Go button.
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources
Now look for a file labelled "CanonIJMG3100series.ppd.gz". If you see it then you still have the Canon driver installed and don't need to run the driver installation again.
You mention the Mac no longer detecting the Canon. This is a result of the Bonjour discovery service failing on your Mac - there are others in the same situation. To get past this issue you can create a direct printer to the MG. To do this you will have to determine what IPv4 address the MG is using. As there is no display on this model you may have to connect to your wireless router to check what IPv4 address has been assigned to the MG. Once you have the IPv4 address then you can select to add a printer, but change from the Default view to the IP view. Then enter the IPv4 address of the MG, set the Protocol to Line Printer Daemon, enter LP for the Queue and change the Name to MG3100. Then select the MG3100 series in the Use menu and click Add to complete the creation of this printer. Now you should be able to print again.

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