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May 5, 2015 12:33 PM in response to shuvo016by Kappy,Why can't you use it? Have you asked Canon tech support for help or you just cannot find a driver?
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May 5, 2015 12:52 PM in response to shuvo016by Kappy,OS X- Printer and scanner software available for download
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Check Canon's support site to find drivers for specific printer models. See if they have a driver that supports the current version of OS X. If the printer is not supported by Canon, then see if you can find a driver in the Gutenprint library of drivers.
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May 5, 2015 2:09 PM in response to shuvo016by PAHU,shuvo016 wrote:
i can't find a driver
The Canon LPB 1210 was released over 15 years ago and used a proprietary driver that was only written for Windows. Canon never released an OS X version of the driver and there is alternate driver suite available for OS X that you can use. If you want to use this printer you would have to use virtual machine software like Fusion or Parallels and install Windows XP (which Microsoft no longer supports). Then you could install the supporting driver.
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May 5, 2015 2:32 PM in response to PAHUby shuvo016,I want to use it on my device. But how? Could you please tell me @PAHU ? And what is virtual machine software ?
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May 5, 2015 4:58 PM in response to shuvo016by PAHU,Virtual machine software lets you use other operating systems on your Mac, such as Windows. Here is a link to VMware's Fusion for more information. Once you install the virtual machine software on the Mac you can then install Windows and then install the LBP-1210 printer driver in Windows.
Having said that you need to think about the cost of doing this. By the time you purchase the virtual machine software and then Windows (remembering that the last supported OS for this printer was Windows XP which is no longer supported) is it worth it for an old printer. I would suggest you spend that money on a new printer that will work natively with OS X and iOS rather than one that is no longer supported.