Cannon C2880i shared printer on windows network

Question

Hi gang,
I'm a total rookie with apple. I have logged on to our network at work without a problem. I don't know how to connect to our fancy all-in-one which is so critical to my productivity. It's a Cannon C2880i. Can somebody point me in the right direction. I can't even find it to connect properly.
Thanks

Answer 1

The adding of the Canon iR network printer is a two step process. First you need to add the driver software to your Mac and then you need to create a printer queue to connect to it.
The iRC2880 has two driver options for Mac OS X, the Canon PS driver v2.11 or UFR2 driver v1.70. You can download either driver from most Canon web sites. With the driver downloaded, once you have unpacked the file, as it is often compressed, you can run the Installer to add the necessary files to your Mac.
Once the installer has completed, you can add a printer queue to the copier. Since the machine typically doesn't advertise itself on the network, you will need to know its ip address. There are a number of ways you can do this, but probably the easiest is to check one of the other computers that is printing to it. Better still, if they are using Windows, get them to print a test page which will show the ip address.
Once you know the ip address, you can create the printer queue.
1. Open System Preferences then Print & Fax.
2. If you installed the PS v2.11 driver, click the + button and select IP.
3. Change the menu to HP Jetdirect.
4. Enter the ip address of the iRC2880.
5. You will notice the name shows the same ip address, so if you want to change the name to something more meaningful, like Color Printer, then you can. You can also enter a location, but this is just for your reference.
6. In the Print Using menu, change the menu to 'select a driver to use' and in the search window, type 2880. This should show you 'Canon iR C2880/3380 PS (UK)'. Select this.
7. Click Add to complete the installation
8. With the PS v2.11 driver you may be asked about selecting Unidirectional or Bidirectional for the communication. Select Bidirectional as it gives you more features.
9. Once the printer queue is created, you can try printing to it.
Note that if you use the UFR2 driver instead of the PS driver, the steps to create the printer queue are different.
1. Click the + button to add the printer queue
2. Click More Printers
3. Change the menu to Canon IP (UFR2)
4. Enter the IP address of the iRC2880
5. Enter a queue name of LP
6. Click Add.
The driver talks to the printer to select the appropriate model from its list. So you should see the iRC2880 in your printers list if everything works as it should.
HTH
PaHu