PLEASE Help Printer/Scanner

[emr7]

Very newbie to Linux tried Ubuntu about 5 years ago never got wireless to work so had to abandon, heard good things about linux mint and decided to try and wow everything works except my printer/scanner multifunction.

Searched everywhere and finally found how to install the impossible tar.gz file from the Canon website using following post from an ubuntu forum.

sudo -i
cp /home/user/Downloads/Linux_UFRII_PrinterDriver_V240_us_EN.tar.gz /opt/
cd /opt
tar xzvf Linux_UFRII_PrinterDriver_V240_us_EN.tar.gz
cd Linux_UFRII_PrinterDriver_V240_us_EN/64-bit_Driver/RPM
ln -s /usr/lib /usr/lib64
alien -k -c cndrvcups-common-2.40-2.x86_64.rpm
alien -k -c cndrvcups-ufr2-us-2.40-2.x86_64.rpm
dpkg -i cndrvcups-common_2.40-2_amd64.deb
dpkg -i cndrvcups-ufr2-us_2.40-2_amd64.deb


And this got the printer part working but the explanation was unclear for the scanner and the scanner function does not work at all, if the drivers from the website don't get the whole thing working then i have no idea

My printer is a Canon MF4450 Laser Mulitfunction

Wondering if anybody knows how to get the scanner working and remember been using linux for 10 minutes barely know how to open terminal much less use it.......

Thank You

Hope I don't have to switch back to windows tonite.

[Oscar799]

Moved here by moderator

[pdc_2]

if I go here

http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/P/se ... g_os=Linux

(to the Canon Asia website):

they say this about the PRINTER driver you downloaded for your MF4450

Thank you for using the Canon UFR II/UFR II LT Printer Driver
for Linux. This printer driver provides printing functions ...

Canon does not seem to provide a scanner software driver with this device;

I can only suggest you search at the available software for similar devices on the Canon Asia website or the Canon Europe website, and see if a scanner device is offered for a closely related product

https://www.canon.ie/Support/Consumer_P ... oad&page=1