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.
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
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.
Ok, thanks firstsenior - I'll give it try.
I'm using the Canon IJ Scan Utility, and ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) is selected as the Source.
Try using Image Capture. Preview uses the same scanning engine.
At last the Plotter drivers have been updated to Catalina. I no longer have a paperweight in the office 👍😁
Catalina support for Canon 32-bit printer drivers
