Printer Driver Updates, How Often? (Canon MP560 is 3 months behind)

I have a new iMac 27" with Snow Leopard and a new Canon MP560 printer hooked up via Wifi.
I didn't use the Canon install disk because it didn't have Snow Leopard compatible drivers on it...instead I went to print & Fax and did an "add printer" (it detected just the MP560 scanner). Then I did an apple "software update" which grabbed the new Canon driver package, after that the printer showed up and all was well.
HOWEVER, I noticed that the driver from apple is version 10.26.0 while Canon's latest is 10.26.1 (as of October 2). I don't mind downloading drivers from Canon and installing them but I'm wondering about a few things.
1. How long does it usually take for manufacturers drivers to get to Apple's update server? 3 months seems like a long time.
2. If I manually install drivers from Canon now, will future driver updates from Apple's server still be detected and install properly?
3. In "print & fax" under "options and supplies" I can see the driver version for the printer. However there doesn't seem to be any way to see the version for the scanner driver. According to the Canon site the scanner driver has a different version than the printer driver. How can I see the version number for the scanner driver to check if it's up to date?
I'm mainly interested in an answer to #3 above. Canon has a CUPS printer driver, a scanner driver, an ICA driver and an "MP driver" all for OSX 10.6 I'd like to know how to find out which ones are already installed before I install new ones.
System profiler only seems to show the CUPS driver version.
Thanks!

Printer manufacturers must deliver drivers to Apple if they are to be included with an OS X distribution. As for Canon's version branding you would need to ask them since Apple does not produce printer drivers except for Apple-made printers, and Apple doesn't make printers anymore.
If newer drivers become available for an installed printer then Software Update will download them only if they are available through an Apple update.
Since scanner drivers are not the same as printer drivers and a manufacturer may have more updates for one than the other, don't expect to find version numbers to be the same.
Scanner modules may be in many different locations. Download Easy Find - VersionTracker or MacUpdate - and use it to locate the scanner software files for your model.

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