Canon MP610 installation

I purchased the Canon MP610 after reading rave reviews (and supposedly how easily it installs with OSX!).
The problem: I seem to have misplaced the installation CDs and none of the drivers or software I've downloaded from Canon are working. Even after reinstallations. This monster of a printer/scanner machine just doesn't recognize my Macbook when it's plugged in.
After extensive Googling and research, I still can't figure it out. I'm hoping someone here has used this popular Canon all-in-one with OSX 10.5.2 and has some tips?

Tha_Dogg wrote:
Hi there
I'm still fighting to get the scanning part done. Here's what you need to take from canon-asia :
Cheers
Is the mp610 scanner part detected by sane (scanimage -L) ?
Did you modify the installed files :
/etc/udev/rules.d/80-canon_mfp.rules
and
/usr/lib/bjlib/canon_mfp.conf
to add the mp610 scanner ? (udev needs then to be restarted => better to reboot the computer)
Last edited by nicolos (2007-10-18 21:02:41)

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