How to install Canon printer with Big Sur

Please read the whole thread, the advice is the 2nd post.

No dice, unfortunately. Booted into Safe Mode, attempted the reinstall with the same result. Looks like this is something that Canon will have to resolve.

Appreciated. Printer not supported. Hopefully Canon gets their act together soon.

Surprisingly enough my fairly old Canon iP100 is working now after installing the Canon driver on an M1 running Big Sur:

https://www.canon.com.au/printers/pixma-ip100/support

Hello,

Which exact Canon model is it? There are many Canon printers, and the solutions may differ.

Hi aneesfa91,

It would help to know the exact Canon printer model. Also, I assume that you are using macOS Big Sur.

I am making reference to gutenprint suggestion

Hi,

Any information about the printer model?

i had the same problem, I could print not scan, please review my answer, it is a macos firewall problem

Wow! thanks! It's working now with the version for ElCapitan.

The problem seems to not be fixed even now, but with this older version everything is okay, I am printing right now.

OK, Gutenprint is still a go. It appears just the webpage is stale, the software works perfectly on Big Sur.

I am printing now. Thanks.

Same issue here on MacBook Pro M1 on 11.0.1. Big Sur Drivers listed on the Canon site for the ir_ADV C5235 will not load, receive an error that the version is incorrect for my operating system. Attempted to add the printer via IP address and received various errors but it appeared online as available, but it crashes with an error when sending a print job. Reset the print system more than once with no affect. Appears that the supplied drivers are not compatible after all.

Hard to believe that updating print drivers for new OS versions in a timely manner is still so difficult after all these years...

Odd thing is that when downloading the drivers from Canon, it defaults to macOS Catalina 10.14 as the "Detected" OS version, which is wrong. Wonder if there is some mismatch both in the website and the driver detection software.

Interesting to hear that and I'd be curious as to how they made it work. I've got full administrator rights with no limitations on this MacBook Pro M1 with no luck, as the error looks to be related to the OS signature and not permissions. Please let us know!

I've tried everything mentioned here...

(including "Please do the following in this order:

• • Uninstall all Canon software, put in the Trash and empty the Trash.
  • Please reset the printing system per Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem
  • Next, follow the instructions in Adding a printer")

...multiple times but, even though everything looks okay on the Printer and Scanner preference pane, no matter what application/browser from which I try to print I get immediately an "Error" on the printer list for this printer and the message "Missing USB class driver" on the printer app.

From those of you who have contacted Canon Support and received the advice "sit tight -- a new driver is coming," does it seem this is the issue with which they are troubleshooting ... or is this something else in my system?