imageCLASS MF232w need a driver that interfaces a Motorola Android OS USBC 2 that printer

[Iswearitsnotme]

I need to print sensitive files by law has to be over a USB connection directly cannot send over Wi-Fi to any company or Bluetooth etc etc. Now bricked my laptop and get a new one for a while as they have become prohibitedly expensive that leaves me with my phone and my lack of a job if I don't get some things printed off of it in 2 days I've burned one up already trying to get this done a whole day and most of my evening and most of my next morning and even now so. Anybody have a driver that works with an Android and that connects to "via USB cord" image class mf232w printer scanner copier my favoritest thing in my office it's a beast

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

There is no driver that exists for this.  My suggestion, put the printer into wireless direct mode and print directly from your Android device.  While you are printing wirelessly you are connecting directly to the printer wirelessly without an external network.

[Iswearitsnotme]

Why is there no driver for that? And is it possible to grade PDFs put on to SD card and then plug it into the printer that way?

[Iswearitsnotme]

? You mind laying that out in English and where the hell to input it and what the other 6,000 settings are supposed to be to keep them from being contradictive it's rare that I ever had the medicine with the setting since I bought that thing I don't know what 9 years ago maybe longer I don't know I can't remember they all look the same but I do know this used to plug my phone right to Hell into it and it used to print now all the sudden it doesn't now all the sudden it has 15 million settings that don't matter to nobody really at all it's not even a color printer it's not made for freaking high visibility high resolution photos at all it's made for black and white paper pushing of the legal kind that's it so anything more than on off print scan or copy buttons it's Moot and a waste of everybody's time I just almost to the Limit just kind of dropping everything in the sand and walking off taking a pointer from the Middle East there drop the **bleep** in the sand and walk away

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

You mentioned that you were looking for the most secure way to print without utilizing an external network. The printer doesn't have a USB port that that allows you to use a USB stick.

A driver is not needed because you can use the Canon print app with wireless direct or other network connectivity (wired / wireless).  If you use the Canon print app and Google cloud, you have to grant the app permissions which, although very secure does give the service access to documents in your Google account.  This is not done to breach privacy. It's how the majority of apps out there work. 

Some Android devices do allow direct connection for printing via USB, but success might depend on the brand and age of your OS.  If your device is compatible, no driver is needed because support for this is native to the OS.  However, this will depend on the manufacturer's implementation of Android on individual devices.  My suggestion would be to grab a USB cable that could allow you to connect your phone to the printer then.  See if it works.  

If it doesn't, you can use wireless direct in lieu of a cable and print directly to the printer using native Google apps.  The first suggestion doesn't require any monetary expenditure.  Worst case you're out 10 bucks for a cable.  

The wireless direct option will work and provides the least exposure if the cable option doesn't work.  You have nothing to lose by trying.

The most secure way to print