<SOLVED> Canon ImageCLASS MF731cdw or MF733cdw

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<SOLVED> Canon ImageCLASS MF731cdw or MF733cdw

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I've struggled in the past to find these drivers. I'd like to post this here for others who might have trouble and for my future self when I inevitably show up here again looking for help.

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:
  1. Extract them.
  2. Run install.sh as superuser
I found this easiest from the command-line this way:
  1. Open Terminal
  2. 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
  4. After installation, the installer asked if I wanted to register a printer. I chose yes ('y')
  5. I clicked 'Add' since it is on a different subnet
  6. I chose my printer from the list: Canon MF731C/733C UFR II
  7. I selected 'socket' (it was already highlighted by default)
  8. I entered the IP address, 192.168.0.210
  9. I clicked 'Register'
  10. Now my printer shows up in the 'Printers' utility (Menu > Administration > Printers)
I think this should be mostly generic. But in case it helps, I did this in
  • Linux Mint 20.1
  • 64-bit
  • Cinnamon desktop environment
  • My printer is available via wifi
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