Apple seems to have been including Canon printer drivers scanner support through macOS10.14.6 Mojave. Will macOS10.15 Catalina continue support Canon printer/scanners with the 32-bit print drivers? If not, does anyone know a work around? My printer is a Canon Pixma TS6220 and was purchased less than 6 months ago.
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There's a difference between drivers and other peripheral software. Drivers for printers are written by Apple, have been for a very long time. Apple's specification has made it so compatible printers are made to talk with Macs directly without the need of external drivers.
The specific Canon software like the scanner software or image editing application it may come with are not made by Apple. Its up to Canon to update those.
The printer will still work on Catalina normally , but the included Canon 32 bit software will not.
You can use Apple's own Image Capture or Preview to scan documents if the Canon software is not updated.
I'm using the Canon IJ Scan Utility, and ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) is selected as the Source.
What happens since upgrading to Catalina is that the printer (Canon MB2750) then does a scan from the platen, not the ADF.
I've tried making copies from the ADF and that's not a problem.
I've downloaded the Drivers from Canon's website (both for the printer and the one for the scanner), but neither works.
I can use the Preview function to scan using the ADF, but it's an indirect process and creates bigger files than the Canon Utility, which means I have to send these larger documents in a roundabout way, because the files are too big for gmail. Sorry, that's more information that you need.
I have a Canon Pixma MG6250, it was pretty easy to setup in my new Mac Book Pro with Catalina, I don't know if it was made easier because of being set up on network before with my Mac Book Air.
What I'm not being able to do is set it up as scanner for image capture. Waiting for USB converter to try to connect directly.
For scanning support check out VueScan. It supports some Canon models. For printer drivers check Gutenprint for Mac OS X - Gutenprint Printer Drivers.
I would disagree with Phil's statement suggesting Apple writes printer drivers. Apple requires that all printer manufacturers provide Apple with compatible drivers which Apple will make available every so often in packages. Otherwise, drivers can be downloaded from the manufacturers' websites. Unfortunately, Canon chose to no longer support drivers for Macs since the move to 64-bit-only in Catalina.
I sincerely hope that people with Canon printers with scanners and other Canon software still using 32-bit applications call them today to complain about their lack of action. They were aware that Apple was making these changes and they should have updated to 64-bit applications prior to Apple's release of Catalina. Canon support 1-800-652-2666 8am -8pm ET
Canon UK says officially that the MG5200 series is not compatible with Mojave or Catalina (and here are our new printers which are...). However, since my printer worked with Mojave (ex-duplex printing, which I still haven't figured out) I upgraded to Catalina - and it still works - and scans - though it does give a warning message - just persevere.
Catalina only supports 64bit now. Nothing that is 32 will run on Catalina. And a quick look at Cannon site, appears to show they do not have a 64bit driver. Had the same problem with Brother drivers. But Brother has now put out a 64bit for Mac as they have had for PC for some time now. Although I had no access to Brother software because it was 32bit I could still print using Mac generic drivers. Just had no control centre. But could still print. You will have to contact Canon support to see when they will release a 64bit driver package for Mac.
I just updated a Mac with Catalina and updated the drivers for Canon MX925. Just visit the driver support site of Canon and download the latest drivers (for Mojave). Even the IJ Scan Utility (v19.1.0h) is updated and works fine with Catalina.
Best, Michael
From Canon support:
"Currently, there are no updated drivers and software for CanoScan LiDE 220 for macOS 10.15 Catalina. However, you may try downloading and installing the driver for MAC 10.14 (Mojave) although there's no guarantee that this programme will work as it is only designed for MAC 10.14 and earlier.
CanoScan LiDE 220 Full Driver & Software Package (Mac)
http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0100010088/01/mac-lide220-1_5-mcd.dmg
On the other hand, new versions of the drivers and software for cameras, printers and scanners will be rolled out soon although we do not have an ETA for this. I'd recommend visiting the product download site from time to time to see if updates are uploaded and released
Spend some Time but now it works. Got to run My Canon ip4200 Printer under Catalina.
The Canon ip4200 is realy old but i love this Printer.
If sombody needs the driver... probably all the ip series should work in this way.
The instructions for Image capture will help with scanning but for printing I suggest trying downloading the most up to date driver for your printer at https://wwwww.canon-europe.com/support/consumer_products/products It may be 32-bit, however appears to be working for most people.
Sorry I may have made a typo in the address for the driver download try this which I copied directly from the Canon site https://www.canon-europe.com/support/products/imageprograf/imageprograf-ipf760.html?type=drivers&language=en&os=macos%2010.14%20(mojave)
I think that I jumped to conclusion that Canon was saying that Apple provided specific product model support by default, rather than generic Canon IJS scanner, and Epson Fax support which is present. No PPD printer files are pre-installed for either vendor, so model specific printer features would not be supported beyond Apple's generic print driver. This is regarding Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103).
In the generic Canon bundles, the compiled binaries appear to be dual architecture: i386 (32-bit) and X86_64, which would fly on Mojave for basic device support. It would not be unexpected that Apple would cleanse these to be strictly 64-bit on Catalina, as the 32-bit code would otherwise be useless.
I upgraded to Catalina a couple of days ago and have a Canon TS5050 for Printing, Scanning & Copying. Printing & Copying fine as before but could not Scan (driver error message). Upgraded to Air Print as recommended when printing today. Have just been able to Scan via System Preferences / Printer and Scanners - selected the Scan tab for my device, Open Scanner and just followed the on screen instructions for scanning. Worked first time.
Using the scientific method of logic would tell us that the most up to date driver available from Canon would not work because it is appears to be strictly 32- bit, however inexplicably it is working for some. I suggest somewhere there have been some accommodations. I hope that others and particularly people with the large graphic printers also take note that there are software and firmware updates available at the same site I referred sitetech to https://www.canon-europe.com/support/products/imageprograf/imageprograf-ipf760.html?type=drivers&language=en&os=macos%2010.14%20(mojave). I know if I needed to print something today and had no available solution I would try these downloads and updates knowing that they will not cause harm.
I've downgraded to Mojave.
There is no 64bit Canon driver for my brand new PowerShot camera nor for my old DR-C scanner.
My OKI printer didn't work either.
Catalina SUCKS.
I have no intention to buy new hardware because Apple thinks 32bit is not fancy!
Catalina support for Canon 32-bit printer drivers
