Go to the driver download page. I am in the US and used this one:
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/port ... s-mf731cdw
At the bottom of the page, under 'Drivers & Downloads', I found the driver named
'UFR II/UFRII LT Printer Driver for Linux'. I clicked 'Select' to the right of it. Then clicked 'Download' to get the drivers.
The version I downloaded was linux-UFRII-drv-v530-usen-12.tar.gz (version 5.30 5/6/2021, downloaded on 2021-06-12 21:50 CDT)
Downloaded files will be stored in $HOME/Downloads by default (I used Firefox, but I've also used Chrome).
Install the drivers:
- Extract them.
- Run install.sh as superuser
- Open Terminal
- In Terminal, I performed the following commands
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cd ~/Downloads tar zxvf linux-UFRII-drv-v530-usen-12.tar.gz cd linux-UFRII-drv-v530-usen/ sudo ./install.sh
- After installation, the installer asked if I wanted to register a printer. I chose yes ('y')
- I clicked 'Add' since it is on a different subnet
- I chose my printer from the list: Canon MF731C/733C UFR II
- I selected 'socket' (it was already highlighted by default)
- I entered the IP address, 192.168.0.210
- I clicked 'Register'
- Now my printer shows up in the 'Printers' utility (Menu > Administration > Printers)
- Linux Mint 20.1
- 64-bit
- Cinnamon desktop environment
- My printer is available via wifi