how to install canon pixma G3010 on mac air
I am not able to install Canon pixma G3010. can somebody help from where and what driver to be downloaded and how to install it.
I am not able to install Canon pixma G3010. can somebody help from where and what driver to be downloaded and how to install it.
According to the specifications at https://in.canon/en/consumer/pixma-g3010/specification?category=printing&subCategory=inkjet-printers, Mac OS is not supported. Also, the download page at https://search-asia.canon-asia.com/sims-search/canon__asia_en__asia_p_en/search.x?ct=Support&hf=category%09zubaken&modelName=PIXMA+G3010&d=Download, does not have anything Mac to offer.
This does not necessarily mean that Mac drivers will not be available in the future, but you would have to ask Canon about that. In the meantime, it looks like the printer is limited to Windows and Linux. The experimentally inclined would possibly want to test whether any other Mac driver for a similar printer model could produce at least partially acceptable results.
According to the specifications at https://in.canon/en/consumer/pixma-g3010/specification?category=printing&subCategory=inkjet-printers, Mac OS is not supported. Also, the download page at https://search-asia.canon-asia.com/sims-search/canon__asia_en__asia_p_en/search.x?ct=Support&hf=category%09zubaken&modelName=PIXMA+G3010&d=Download, does not have anything Mac to offer.
This does not necessarily mean that Mac drivers will not be available in the future, but you would have to ask Canon about that. In the meantime, it looks like the printer is limited to Windows and Linux. The experimentally inclined would possibly want to test whether any other Mac driver for a similar printer model could produce at least partially acceptable results.
There's an alternative to Gutenprint: Bonjour. Canon devs may have left macOS drivers aside, but they did not remove Bonjour support (even though it also only works with the printer. No scanner, unfortunately. :/ )
For me (I own a Canon G3111), all I had to do was the following:
Note that the printer supplies' info won't appear. No workaround for that, but you can get access to some settings though your web browser: https://ugp01.c-ij.com/ij/webmanual/Manual/All/G3000%20series/EN/AFG/afg_remoteui.html
(Press the i button on your printer to get network info (IP, password, the works)).
Other alternatives for printing include using Google Cloud Print (you can set it up on the page above) so you can print from Google Chrome (which can be used on iOS too btw... just download PrintCentral Pro. Recommended by Google).
As for scanning... well, it's complicated. SANE (http://sane-project.org) supports this model (tested and approved), but installing it on the macOS is not quite as easy as the only easy method is an outdated app that'll only work till macOS 10.11. More advanced users have tried configuring the backend files (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53100245/macos-mojave-sane-backends-libusb-not-available-edit-device-is-not-configur), but that's not for everyone, I guess. For now, all I do is to use the iOS app to scan it and send it to my Documents or Desktop folder via iCloud. Works great, but it's not an advanced app.
Some other feature y'all may be interested after setting the printer up: https://ugp01.c-ij.com/ij/webmanual/Manual/All/G3000%20series/EN/UF/functions.html?lapp=ms#category_btn
Download Gutenprint. After installation, select G3000 Gutenprint driver.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net
Thank you very very much, it worked for me!
how to install canon pixma G3010 on mac air