Canon MP620 Printer drivers outdated with installation of OS X Snow Leopard
I have a 2009 iMac running OS X 10.6.4. I uploaded 10.6.4 in Feb, and I didn't realize at the time that I could print but not scan with my Canon mp620 (Printer/scanner.) When I used the Canon app "Solution Menu" to scan, I got an error message saying that there were no drivers for my printer/scanner. Following advice I found on the topic, I guessed that the original driver software was the problem, having come with the printer before OS 10.6. I followed PAHU's instructions:
1. Open System Preferences > Print & Fax
2. Move your mouse over the Printers list
3. Hold down the Control button and click the mouse (or right click if supported).
4. Click "Reset printing system ..."
5. Restart your Mac
This didn't solve the problem. Now I could neither print nor scan.
Then I went to Canon's online site (following DNC70's solution), but since I was working after hours, I couldn't very well contact customer support. Instead, I downloaded every MP620 driver listed on Canon's site that said compatible with OS 10.6. I now have about eight downloads. With that, I now find that I can scan and not print. I'm not sure what I've done.
Any advice? How do I straighten this out?
-Michael
Thanks Donald, that was it!
I knew it'd be something easy.. Now the thing I'd like to know is, how do I get rid of software that is useless to me? I'd really like not to have excess software installed, but I'm not confident that I can just go in and start trashing anything that looks like junk. (If you do that on a Windows computer, you set in motion a diabolical chain reaction that brings about the apocalypse.) I'm a pretty new Mac user. Is there an app that'll do this task?
Thanks again!
-Michael
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Have a look at my last posting re Canon network printing.
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i got my MP980 working via Ethernet and wireless. The same procedure should work for your MP620.
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Edit: One more search led me to this page:
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Maybe that one will do it for you? That's the version I'm using.
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