How to Install Canon IP8720 Printer on Fedora – Step-by-step

Installing Printer

3. 3. Extracting Driver

   Possibly Double-Click on Printer Driver on the File Manager:

   

   But if you are in Trouble to Find it out then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   And Extract into the /tmp Directory:

   

4. 4. Installing Driver

   Then to Install Canon Printer Driver
   First, access the Target with:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*

   sudo ./install.sh

   During installation you may be Asked to Connect & Power On your Printer…
   
   Now in case of Issue then try first to execute:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*rpm/packages

   And on a 64-bit System play:

   sudo dnf install ./*64.rpm

5. 5. Adding Printer

   So now Go to Add Printer
   Here is presented the Workstation Setup, but on the other Desktop find a similar Solution…
   First, launch the Settings App:

   

   Then Search for “printers“:

   

   Now Unlock the Devices with the Admin Pass:

   

   Finally, you should be able to ‘Add Printer’: