When it comes to old printers find right driver for current Windows version can be a hard job. And for sure driver is essential thing: driver is necessary to enable the connection between printer and a computer. We all know that all companies tries to sell new products so they abandoned old ones. So today we will try to install drivers for 15 years old machine Canon LaserBase MF3110. Printing with 64-bit Windows can be a lot of fun if you don’t have a 64-bit driver. As you can notice is official website there is no such driver on canon.com website.
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So first we need to find driver similar to our printer. And the most similar device is Canon LaserBase MF5750 the look of this printer is also similar. So for this job we need to download driver for this printer Canon LaserBase MF5750 you can download from official site here.
Then follow these simple steps:
1- Go and Add Printer.
2- Choose: add a local printer
3- Use an existing Port : Choose : USB ( Virtual Printer for USB )
4- Choose have Disk
5- Locate the File Name : MF5700AK.inf
Changed 2 sections in the MK5700AK.inf
file as follows:
;64-bit x64
[Canon.NTamd64]
"Canon MF3110" = MF5700,USBPRINT\CanonMF5730c609,CanonMF5730c609,"MF5730"
"Canon MF3110" = MF5700,USBPRINT\CanonMF5750660a,CanonMF5750660a,"MF5750"
"Canon MF3110" = MF5700,USBPRINT\CanonMF5770060b,CanonMF5770060b,"MF5770"
;32-bit x86
[Canon]
"Canon MF3110" = MF5700,USBPRINT\CanonMF5730c609,CanonMF5730c609,"MF5730"
"Canon MF3110" = MF5700,USBPRINT\CanonMF5750660a,CanonMF5750660a,"MF5750"
"Canon MF3110" = MF5700,USBPRINT\CanonMF5770060b,CanonMF5770060b,"MF5770"
6- Printer Name : Change From Canon MF5700 Series To Canon MF3110 Series
7- Print Test Page and check if the printer is working.
That’s it, your old printer Canon MF3110 is live!
Please note: Canon Toolbox software for scanning will not work.
Also read: How to Scan Documents and Make PDFs with iPhone or iPad
As you can see from this pictures it’s all working and functioning on Windows 10 64bit’s version.
This tutorial can also work for Windows 7 64bit’s.