CANON LBP 2900

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

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

Just to let everyone know - *Snow Leopard* breaks this work-around for printing on the *Canon LBP 2900.*

The good news is that you simply have to download and install Dexter_HD 's special CAPT folder again, then download and re-install the latest driver from Canon's website.

Basically following the instructions again and you will have the printer working with Snow Leopard.

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Has anyone managed to get this printer to work over a Windows network printer server? The printer with the driver works fine when directly connected via USB but doesn't work at all when it's attached to a Windows XP workstation with the latest drivers, firewall disabled, printer sharing enabled etc.

Hi there.
While I followed the required steps my Mac could see the printer. But now, after updating to Snow Leopard, I just can't install printer. I tried Dexter's CAPT folder again... I did all the steps as it was written. While I want to print i can see the printer but I can not choose the software for it... seems that installing Canon latest driver do not help much. I can find the installed items... Where are they?
Moreover, Dexter's CAPT folder is not available for downloading anymore.
Thus, can you upload the folder again and describe the solution to Snow Leopard one more time ?

I have tried installing the CAPT alot of times but the CAPT folder just doesn't get installed... i was on 10.5 before and CAPT folder was not there after installing it. However following Dexter's instruction I got it working. However, after upgrading to 10.6, although i followed the same procedure, it doesn't work... could any1 help?

Hi there!

I know that some peoples still can't get it to work in Snow Leopard (10.6 and 10.6.1).

So let's try to collect everything you need in this post:

0. Turn off printer.

1. Download an CAPT Driver: http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0028785.asp

2. Download this patch http://www.elverils.com/downloads/LBP2900.gz

3. Install CAPT and reboot

4. Open LBP2900.gz and copy file in /Library » Printers » Canon » CAPT » Profile » Device

5. Turn on printer. And open Printing&Fax prefpane. Click on [+] to add new printer.

6. Select Canon LBP2900. If at this step in "Print Using" field is "CAPT Printer" than you're done. Print & enjoy. If not — go to step 7 or 8.

7. Something wrong, and now you have to try to reset printing system. You will lose already installed printers but still it's good 🙂.

7.1. Turn off printer. Close "Add Printer" window and in "Print & Fax" window press alt+right click on "Printers" list. You'll se menu with only one item "Reset printing system". Cross your fingers and click it.

7.2. Go to step 5.

8. If you done this steps, but printer still not installed — you can replace step 4 by downloading full CAPT directory and copy in Dexter_HD said before in this topic. After this you have to reset printing system as well.

Thanks and unlimited printing for you 🙂.

i dont´t know what to do, even I downloaded the CAPT print driver, I downloaded file from dexter´s location. But still, I cannot see canon printer (or anything else actually) when I come to library--printers. Am I doing smth wrong or?! I´m not that good at computers so it´s possible... 🙂

Nikhii you tell me to run the utilities installed, but how? Cause I install the Capt print driver, then it asks me to restart the computer, and then where do I find the utilities u talk about???? I´m feeling like giving up. But it´s so strange that others have succeed and not me?!

I don't know this could help or not, but It happened with me before. May be you're looking at the wrong library folder.
Please make sure that you go to /Library/Printers/Canon (You can go to this folder by click on Macintosh HD on desktop). If you go to /Users/YourUserName/Library/ you will never find canon folder in it.
Make sure that you go to the right library folder and follow dexter_HD method, It's really work for me.

If you want to use Canon LBP 2900 on your Mac do this:

1 Turn off the printer
2 Go to yourHDD/Librairy/Printers and make a folder "Canon"
3 Remove old printer in System Preferences - Print & Fax. Right click in Printers and select "Reset printing system..."
4 Download http://boolet.free.fr/CAPT.zip and unpack it to the yourHDD/Librairy/Printers. Now you have a new folder yourHDD/Librairy/Printers/CAPT
5 Download http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0028785.asp" Printer Driver and install it.
6 Reboot
7 Enjoy

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