Scanning to searchable pdf with canon printers

I have a Canon mf643cdw printer on my local area network and it works fine with my MacBook most of the time.

However, the mf643cdw should be able to generate searchable PDFs, but I have never successfully done this.

Canon says, "Leider müssen wir Ihnen mitteilen, dass OCR-Scans nur auf der Windows Version der MF Scan Utility " -> Unfortunately, OCR scan only work with the Windows Version der MF Scan Utility.

I assume that the OCR process occurs in the printer system, as is the case for HP systems, and that MF Scan Utility just triggers the OCR process.

Does anyone know a workaround for this or should the whole Apple community avoid Canon products?