Canon MF8170c Printer driver - work around?

I bought an iMAC (my first Mac). The salesperson said any USB printer will work. My Canon MF8170c printer is USB, and does not work. I checked the Canon website for a driver, and it said there are no MAC drivers for that printer. Does anyone have a work around, perhaps another printer driver that will work?
Thanks in advance.
Ronni

Hi,
I affraid not.
As you may find listed below, the Photosmart 100 is too old and no longer supported in Windows 8:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03457812&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
Shlomi
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