Installing a Canon iP4200 printer

My problem is getting 10.4.3 to recognise the print driver.
I have followed the installation instructions many times and always come up against the same problem.When I have resarted the computer and go to the print utility and push add, an extra window comes up and recognises the printer then searches for the print driver. But the add button stays dimmed, and yet again I still can't access the printer. I have used both the installation cd and also downloaded another driver from the Canon site .But still no success.
I'm hoping someone else has come up with this problem and successfully solved it.
I'd also like to wish you all a happy new year Gordon Armstrong.

Hi,
A couple of days back I made a similar posting:
"I have a new iP4200 Canon printer to be accessed by two iBooks (both running OS 10.4.4 and an iMac G5 running 10.4.4.
The Canon software CD was difficult to download to iMac but better with the iBooks.
iBooks pick up printer fine via wireless, but cannot appear to get drivers to download onto iMac. Have tried direct downloads of driver from several Canon sites but to no avail.
Error message in Printer Setup Utility stage is always the same:
"an error occurred while trying to add the selected printer"
Seems it cannot locate the driver - which Spotlight cannot find either. Installing 10.4.5 is no help either.
Both Canon and Apple support offer little practical help.
Is this a one-off problem with my iMac?"
Reading your post and responses it seems I'm not alone.
I tried the newest driver and found it no good either.
My dear wife tells me to return the printer, but it is a beauty (when I use the lappies wirelessly) but that is the frustration - works on some and not on the desktop!
If you have any updates (or is it still a problem?) please tell me.
Thanks.
Mike

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