Many people have been unsuccessful with this Canon model to work on Linux. I decided to keep trying and luckily Amaranth took a look. Turns out Canon had placed two lines in the printer driver that ended up being the problem. Removed those and the install worked. (all thanks to Amaranth that is)
As far as Amaranth on Discord: I was on PG and Amaranth recommended we take the “secureblue” conversation over to Discord. I just wanted to highlight the appreciation.