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Tara Jain

Q: CANON LBP 2900

I have just bought a canon laser jet printer as above and cannot make it work on my imac. The name of the printer doesn't come up on the list they provide and when i try to print it says 33% complete and then stops without printing anything. Anyone know what to do?

Posted on Nov 29, 2007 3:08 PM

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  • by MrVng,

    MrVng MrVng Oct 30, 2008 12:02 PM in response to Tara Jain
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    Oct 30, 2008 12:02 PM in response to Tara Jain
    Hi there

    I seem to be wrestling with the same problems as many of you...
    Purchased the Canon i-sensys LBP2900 some while ago when I still had a PC to use side by side with my mac...now got rid of the PC and noticed that I cannot print with my excellent Canon!
    Called Canon and they said LBP2900 is not Mac compatible.
    Tried Dexter's advices numerous times with no success....
    Any clues?

    cheers
    MrVng

    ps... got 10.5.5 on MacBook
  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Oct 30, 2008 12:14 PM in response to MrVng
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    Oct 30, 2008 12:14 PM in response to MrVng
    Hi MrVng, and a warm welcome to the forums!

    Do you get errors or Just can't find it in Printer Setup Utility?
  • by tometal123,

    tometal123 tometal123 Oct 30, 2008 7:27 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Oct 30, 2008 7:27 PM in response to BDAqua
    Oh my god, it works great. Never expected it to work, was planning to bring it back tomorrow.

    Thanks for the help and the warm welcome. I have an iMac 20" 500gb, 4gb ram. I'm very happy with my new computer and printer, but I have to get used to os x.
  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Oct 30, 2008 10:44 PM in response to tometal123
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    Oct 30, 2008 10:44 PM in response to tometal123
    Good news tometal123, and a warm welcome to the forums & Macdom!
  • by MrVng,

    MrVng MrVng Nov 1, 2008 3:48 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Nov 1, 2008 3:48 AM in response to BDAqua
    thanks BDAqua
    Nah.. don't get any error messages. Nothing appears in the Library -> Printers folder after CAPT installation and reboot and printer restart... tried also copying the above mentioned CAPT folder and adding the 2900 file + restart but still nothing visible in the printer set ups...

    MrVng
  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Nov 1, 2008 10:32 AM in response to MrVng
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    Nov 1, 2008 10:32 AM in response to MrVng
    Hi Mr Vng,

    Hmmm, since now your problem seems different, and the fact that not many helpers look in Solved Topics for people needing help, we should start you a New Topic.

    Here's the link if it's hard to find where to do it...

    http://discussions.apple.com/post!default.jspa?forumID=756
  • by mnemonic_fx,

    mnemonic_fx mnemonic_fx Dec 25, 2008 6:14 PM in response to Dexter_HD
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    Dec 25, 2008 6:14 PM in response to Dexter_HD
    Hi Dexter, does this method work for LAN over samba printing ?

    I have tried everything that you had suggested, and still the printer doesn't show in my driver list.
  • by quaritexa,

    quaritexa quaritexa Jan 3, 2009 5:15 PM in response to MrVng
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    Jan 3, 2009 5:15 PM in response to MrVng
  • by Mac Jac,

    Mac Jac Mac Jac Jan 15, 2009 6:04 AM in response to Dexter_HD
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    Jan 15, 2009 6:04 AM in response to Dexter_HD
    Your CAPT folder works fine, thanks!
    However, when I disconnect the usb cable from my Mac and plug it into the airport extreme usb port, I have 2 problems:
    1) on the mac I can't add this printer. It shows up with bonjour in print&fax using the correct driver, but I got errror -9672

    2) on the windows vista laptop I used bonjour for windows to add this printer which was automatically detected on the network, but trying to print resulted in the error 'illegal port'. I changed it manually in 9103 (was 9101) but didn't work. Also tried via add local printer, TCP/IP protocol and IP address of AirportExtreme but same message about illegal port kept popping up.

    Does anyone have solutions?
  • by snow_leopard09,

    snow_leopard09 snow_leopard09 Feb 10, 2009 9:58 AM in response to Dexter_HD
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    Feb 10, 2009 9:58 AM in response to Dexter_HD
    Dexter_HD,
    I almost give up with this 2900. anyway after trying your idea, it's working nicely!! Thanks a lot... your guide make my day!!
  • by i_mitt,

    i_mitt i_mitt Apr 23, 2009 10:48 PM in response to quaritexa
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    Apr 23, 2009 10:48 PM in response to quaritexa
    finally! this works for me! i was about to give up on trying...

    many many thanks!
  • by Rahul P,

    Rahul P Rahul P Jul 13, 2009 6:08 AM in response to Dexter_HD
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    Jul 13, 2009 6:08 AM in response to Dexter_HD
    Thanks Dexter, U are genius.
  • by Nikhil Dhavale,

    Nikhil Dhavale Nikhil Dhavale Aug 9, 2009 1:12 PM in response to Tara Jain
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    Aug 9, 2009 1:12 PM in response to Tara Jain
    There are people who are not finding their printer despite capt installing and following Dexter's advice. I have an additon in case if other thing's don't work.
    At first keep the printer on then
    Go to library>>canon>>capt>>utilities>>
    open capt Printmonitor
    or just open PrintGauge.
    Try running this then try setting up. May be it could work.
  • by dowille,

    dowille dowille Aug 21, 2009 5:54 AM in response to Tara Jain
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    Aug 21, 2009 5:54 AM in response to Tara Jain
    Hello! I have the same problem. Tried to do everything dexter and others told but my problem is that I cannot even see my printer in library/printers... Is it because I didn't install printers CD (bought this printer 2 years ago and was using it with another laptop, now I want to use it with my new Macbook)? Plz, anybody can help me?
  • by Nikhil Dhavale,

    Nikhil Dhavale Nikhil Dhavale Aug 21, 2009 6:30 AM in response to Tara Jain
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    Aug 21, 2009 6:30 AM in response to Tara Jain
    Please download latest Capt drivers from canon. Then get the 5 kb file which is available in dexter's location. Then run the utitlites installed only after you turn on the printer. You get it as location I have given before. i.e. library>> printers>>canon>>capt>>utlities>>capt gauge
    and also capt printmonitor
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