10.4.11 Canon IP4300 disappears

I update my iMac Intel 2006 10.4.9 to 10.4.11
My printer Canon IP4300 disappears.
SystemProfiler tel me it's ok.
Revert to :
IOUSBFamily.kex v270.4.1
PRINTER IS OK, FULL FONCTIONNALITY
Back again to 10.4.11 intel.
NO PRINTER ?
I don't try combo version !
Now I use USB debug kit .

The following details the procedure for repairing faulty installations of the Canon PIXMA drivers.
1. Open Printer Setup Utility, click on Printer Setup Utility and select Reset Printing System.
2. Close the Printer Setup Utility.
3. Go to Library > Printers > Canon and delete the contents of the BJPrinters folder.
4. Go to Library > Receipts and delete the file Canon iP4300 xxx.pkg
5. Empty the Trash
6. Restart the Mac
7. Install the latest version of the Canon driver. Check the Canon web site to ensure you have the latest version.
8. Once the driver installation is complete, go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility. Run the Repair Disk Permissions option.
9. Open Printer Setup Utility and click Add.
10. Select the Default Browser view and select the Canon printer connected via the USB port. The Print Using menu should automatically change to Canon IJ Printer.
11. Click Add to add the printer.

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Have finally managed to share my Canon iP4300 connected to iMac (10.5.2) via USB and print to it from XP, using Bonjour for Windows. However... when I run the printer assisntent it finds the printer but only offers me the choice of a generic driver. The driver turns out to be labelled "HP Color LaserJet 4550 PS". A postscript driver?!? Well, it works, but I'd really prefer the proper Canon driver (which is already installed - I previously had the printer connected to the PC).
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Has anyone successfully got this printer to work with Leopard? I found some drivers at the Canon site and installed them but no joy. The printer doesn't come up when you go through the 'add printer' process.
Can anyone help?
For what its worth, the Canon 'Helpline' was one of the worst experiences I've had when needing technical support. The guy admitted to knowing nothing about Macs or OSX, said no-one else there did either, and that anything to do with the computer (i.e getting their drivers set up in it to run their printer) was a 'third-part issue' and basically my problem to resolve.
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Hello Ian,
If the printer is connected directly to your Mac via USB, then after installing the software you generally do not need to add the printer. When you connect its USB cable to your Mac, then the printer should automatically appear in your Printers list. If this doesn't occur, then it indicates that the driver software did not install correctly, or you have some other software on your Mac that is interfering with the Canon driver software, or your USB cable is no good, or all of the above.
For a USB connected printer, when you select to Add, the printer name should be seen in the Default browser view. Do you see the printer?
If you do see the printer, then you can select it and the Print Using menu should automatically change to Canon IJ Printer. If this doesn't occur, then soomething has gone wrong with the Canon driver installation. Therefore, please follow my steps for removing and reinstalling the Canon driver.
1. Open the System Preferences > Print & Fax. Move your mouse to the Printer list and hold down the Control key. Click in the empty Printers list and the click on Reset Printing System.
2. Close Print & Fax
3. Go to Library > Printers > Canon and delete the contents of the BJPrinter folder.
4. Go to Library > Receipts and delete the Canon driver package file, if one exists. The file name will show Canon iP4300 xxx.pkg
5. Go to Library > Preferences and delete the Canon folder.
6. Go to HD > Users > Shared > Canon and delete the BJPrinter folder.
7. Empty the Trash
8. Unplug the Canon USB cable and restart the Mac
9. Install the latest version of the Canon driver, which according to the Canon AU web site is v5.8.3.
10. Once the driver installation is complete, go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility. Run the Repair Disk Permissions option. Close Disk Utility when this has completed.
11. Reconnect the Canon USB cable. Then open Print & Fax and see if the Canon printer is listed. If it is, try a test print.
12. If the printer is not listed, click the plus ( + ) button.
13. Select the Default view and select the Canon printer connected via the USB port. The Print Using menu should automatically change to Canon IJ Printer. Click Add to complete the process.
Please reply if the procedure above does not help you.
PaHu

Copying or installing paper specific colorsync profiles for my canon ip4300

I have the specific colorsync profiles for the various types of paper loaded for my canon IP4300 on one of my imacs that i moved upstairs. I have one of the new 2.8 C2D 24inch imacs now connected and i want to print from it to the Canon. the problem is that i do not recall how i got the profiles onto the other mac. i want to copy the profiles and get them onto the new imac. I cannot seem to find them after looking at EVERY library file on the system and searching for the profile names etc. Please help me know where to look and how i can get them moved over or get the profiles from somewhere and install them. they are not on the disc that came with the printer.
As a side i know i can print across the network but it requires that i go up and down the stairs and across the house to check output.

Normally, they would be in the /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/ folder. They may also have been installed in the Profiles folder of your user account, but not as likely.
Sometimes though, they are buried in with the printer drivers themselves. As an example, the Epson 4000 we use copied all of the profiles it came with into the /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/ folder. We didn't want to use the provided profiles, so we deleted all of them. To our surprise, they all continued to show up in the lists of profiles. Turned out they were also in a package file named SPro4000.plugin in the /Library/Printers/EPSON/ folder.
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Macbook Pro not recognizing printer Canon iP4300

Hello
I have been having problems with my Canon iP4300 Pinter. Once upon a time it worked, now it doesn't. I only use it to print direct to DVD's. I have another printer attached which is an all-in-one Brother for my main printing, faxing etc. (unfortunately it doesn't print direct to DVD tho). I have tried reinstalling the drivers but now mt MB Pro won't recognize the printer at all. If I plug it in to my USB hub I get a message stating "Over Current Usage" or something like that. I try plugging it in to my USB port on the MB Pro left or right side and still nothing. When I go thru Printer Settings it checks for new drivers and still nothing.
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Hi.
Try a different USB cable. I had troubles with USB printer cables a couple of times, giving me the weirdest problems.
If that doesn't work, try uninstalling the IP4300 driver: move the /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter folder to the Trash and empty it, then download and install the latest IP4300 driver from the Canon download page.
Plug the printer directly to the Macbook Pro, or get a powered USB Hub.
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Canon ip4300 printer not working since restore of back up to replacement hard drive

I have submitted a question to Canon, but thought I'd see if anyone has had this issue here.
I had to replace my hard drive due to a failure.
Then I restored my iMac from a TimeMachine backup. That worked fine.
Now though the Canon ip4300 printer I was using successfully before the new hard drive and restore is no longer working. The print status window says i need to install software to use this printer.
However, it definitely worked before the restore.
Canon does not appear to have any drivers for OSX 10.10. However, I was hoping to get this older printer to work again since it was working on Monday just fine before the drive failure.
Thanks in advance for any advice.

What system were you running before the drive failed?
First try the fix discussing in this Apple document: OS X Yosemite: Reset the printing system
Next, if you have Time Machine backups try the following;
1 - go to the HD/Library/Printers folder and select the Canon folder.
2 - enter Time Machine and go back to just before the drive crashed.
3 - select the Canon folder and restore it.
4 - run Disk Utility to repair disk permissions.
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Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
The inability to open the Printer Utility for a printer when connected to the USB port of an Airport device, such as Express, is a known limitation and documented by Apple in these articles.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1253
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21187?viewlocale=en_US
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The latest Gimp-print (Gutenprint) drivers are here: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3
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Please HELP me install my Canon ip4300 printer drivers

Hi,
I just bought a Canon ip 4300 printer and I can’t get my computer
(ibook G4 14 in 1.0GHz) to install/recognize the driver.
I tried the installation CD, and downloading the latest driver from Canon.
But no luck.
When I go to the Printer Set Up Utility and try to add the printer, the computer can find the printer over the usb cable. But when I select it, it can't auto find the driver. It just gives me a selection of outdated Canon gimp print drivers.
I called Canon and they walked me through installing the drivers in the root user account... but that didn't do anything either. They said I would have to call Apple -- that it was likely something to do with permissions???
Since I don't have any Apple support left, I came here.
Please, if anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them.
Thanks.
ibook G4 14 in 1.0GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Start by repairing permissions (Disk Utility).

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Hello,
I've encountered very strange problem with my printer.
It only occurs while choosing to print on optical disk.
For testing purpose I'm printing rectangular black to white gradient. After printing I get strong green cast on gradient and magenta glow or shadow on upper and left (darker) sides of gradient.
I know it sounds unbelievable but I'm not over exaggerating problem.
Most mysterious thing is that it happens only when choosing to print on CD/DVD.
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Best Regards
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Message was edited by: Jabluszko

Canon's driver have option to print on CDs and I was using this ability for more then 100 disks (probably only in Leopard).
I've downloaded CD-LabelPrint and got same issue.
I also checked Gutenprint driver prints without my primary issue but introduces new problems.
It loads CD tray to fare inside printer and it hits limiter on the CD tray it is very unpleasant view.
Besides it doesn't hold color correction settings in presets.
Final inconvenience is that it allows only 600 x 600 dpi printing.
Thank you for Your ideas. They seemed that they will help.
I'm looking forward more help.
Thank You in advance for Your time.
Best Regards

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E [30/Mar/2011:21:12:59 +0200] Unable to open listen socket for address ::1:631 - Address family not supported by protocol.
E [30/Mar/2011:21:12:59 +0200] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [30/Mar/2011:21:13:02 +0200] Unable to open listen socket for address ::1:631 - Address family not supported by protocol.
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E [30/Mar/2011:21:22:54 +0200] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Delete-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/Canon_iP4300) from localhost
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E [30/Mar/2011:21:28:41 +0200] Unable to open listen socket for address ::1:631 - Address family not supported by protocol.
E [30/Mar/2011:21:28:41 +0200] Unable to set ACLs on root certificate "/var/run/cups/certs/0" - Operation not supported
E [30/Mar/2011:21:30:01 +0200] Returning HTTP Forbidden for CUPS-Get-Devices (no URI) from localhost
E [30/Mar/2011:21:30:01 +0200] [CGI] CUPS-Get-Devices request failed with status 401: Forbidden
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