Canon Mp520 issues on my Mac Leopard, someone please help me!
Hello fellow Imac-ers.
I recently re-plugged in my printer after moving into my home and am having some nasty issues. My printer is a Canon PIXMA mp520, and has never given me these sorts of problems and I am completely stumped.
When I try to go through the Add-Printer process through the System Preferences, it asks me to select a driver. Now, there must be more than 500 of these, and I simply cannot figure which one to use.
I chose a Canon Pixma 600 drive, and my printer seemed to respond at first. It goes through the process of printing the paper, but I find the page blank after it runs through the printer!
Does anyone know which driver is compatible with my Mac Leopard OS?
The printer is a Canon Pixma MP520.
Please help me!
Thanks - Zbach
Hello and welcome to Apple Discussions.
If you have the MP520 connected directly to your Mac via a USB cable, then you should not have to locate a printer driver in the Print Using menu. The printer should be automatically added to your printer list by the Canon driver software.
When this doesn't occur then it can indicate a problem with the Canon software or something is stopping the communication between the Mac and the MP520.
So, assuming by your post this was working previously and all you have done is unplug the printer, move the Mac and then plug the printer back in, has anything changed from the previous setup? Things like, are you using the same USB cable; have you put a USB hub between the printer and the Mac; are you now sharing the printer from a PC or wireless router; are possible causes of your trouble.
Regarding the use of the MP600 driver, you often cannot use a different model of inkjet driver to the model you have. Doing so will cause the result you are getting. But there are times when you do need to use a CUPS-based driver, such as those provided by Gutenprint. One such time is when you have the printer shared by a Windows computer or non-Apple wireless router. (which are included with the OS). If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 (your tag shows Mac OS X 10.6.2) then you will find that version 5.1.3 is included with your OS. The MP520 was not supported by this version but if you download version 5.2.4 (by clicking on Gutenprint above) and install, you will have the MP520 listed as a supported model.
Hope this helps you. Please reply if you still need more help.
Pahu
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