No Canon printer profiles in CS5

Canon Printer Profiles do not appear after upgrading to Mountain Lion.
I upgraded the Canon drivers, still no success.
Canon techs suggested that I had to upgrade my CS5 to run with Mountain Lion.
I've tried to find just where one would find the upgrade, again no success.
I can also not chat with Adobe, probably because I don't have CS6.
Can anyone guide me to where I might find where to upgrade CS5?
Thank you

greg sahli, I'll bring you up to date.
"What puzzles me is why OS 10.8 only affected the Canon profiles, and didn't interfer with all the others." prompted me to call Canon again. We reinsalled the drivers, again without success.
The Tech lady, unsure of the solution, suggested I print with the printer managing color
When I told her I was able select the Canon paper I use, she said that would be the profile.
There aren't any Canon profiles in the Library>Printer>Canon folder.
Apparently, with Mountain Lion, the old Canon profiles are not loaded.
At any rate, I printed a photo using the printer to manage color and got some great results.
That's the answer to 2 days work.
I wish to thank you for your efforts and guidance in helping solve my problem.
Have a nice summer.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4297
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