Can I connect a Canon PIXMA G3410 to a MacBook Air M4 using Sequoia 15.4.1 OS? There is a label on the box that says it is incompatible! Various sites on the net say it is compatible! Very confusing!
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.4
Ir looks to me like this Canon printer is, indeed, incompatible with Macs. Details below.
Canon Support – Canon Pixma G3410
In the driver section, all of the operating systems listed as compatible are variations of Windows and ChromeOS.
If you select versions of macOS in the "Your operating system" pull-down menu, you find
The specifications make no mention of AirPrint, and About AirPrint - Apple Support makes no mention of the Canon Pixma G3410.
Canon – PIXMA Wireless Printing and App Compatibility lists the G3410 as having wireless printing capabilities and says that you can print to it from an iPhone or iPad using a special Canon app. It too, omits the G3410 from the list of AirPrint-compatible printers.
Ir looks to me like this Canon printer is, indeed, incompatible with Macs. Details below.
Canon Support – Canon Pixma G3410
In the driver section, all of the operating systems listed as compatible are variations of Windows and ChromeOS.
If you select versions of macOS in the "Your operating system" pull-down menu, you find
The specifications make no mention of AirPrint, and About AirPrint - Apple Support makes no mention of the Canon Pixma G3410.
Canon – PIXMA Wireless Printing and App Compatibility lists the G3410 as having wireless printing capabilities and says that you can print to it from an iPhone or iPad using a special Canon app. It too, omits the G3410 from the list of AirPrint-compatible printers.
If it is Airplay compatible then you can connect the printer to your secure WiFi, and then add it with the Option key held down when adding the printer, as long as it is on the same secure WiFi as your computer.
If Canon has the printer on their support website as compatible Sequoia, Mac OS 15 (do not confuse for Catalina Mac OS 10.15), then you can install the drivers from the Canon driver website while hooked up via a USB printer cable to your Mac.
In both scenarios, make sure the printer is turned on before you attempt to connect the Mac.
If neither is available, open source drivers from Linux Printing, or Gimp or Gutenprint may support it.
Lastly, I found Canon Support by telephone is very helpful. I would ask them if there is a comparable print engine that Canon uses that installing a print driver for it will speak to the Canon. Only Canon would know the answer to that.
a brody wrote:
Apple's M1 (2020 or later, which the M4 is one of) and later Macs have iOS App capability. It would be curious to discover if that capability would allow it to run on the Mac using their iPad App.
App developers get to control whether their iPhone and iPad apps are available for download on Apple Silicon Macs. The Canon PRINT app for iPhone and iPad is only compatible with the iPhone, the iPad, and the Apple Vision Goggles.
(Canon PRINT is the new name for what was previously Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY.)
Lastly these options exist to run Windows ARM releases on an M4 Mac:Running Windows on a Mac, and Connecting … - Apple Community
If none of the above work for you, contact Canon and request the reconsider adding Mac OS support for the printer.
If the OP is down to either of these options, a better option may be to buy a new all-in-one printer/copier. One that supports AirPrint.
Apple's M1 (2020 or later, which the M4 is one of) and later Macs have iOS App capability. It would be curious to discover if that capability would allow it to run on the Mac using their iPad App. If you already have the printer, it might be worth trying. Alternatively if you have an iPhone or iPad, you could share documents with them using iCloud's file share and print the documents from the iPhone or iPad.
If the printer has a USB port like a computer's it may support a thumb drive file print direct from the thumb drive.
Lastly these options exist to run Windows ARM releases on an M4 Mac:
Running Windows on a Mac, and Connecting … - Apple Community
If none of the above work for you, contact Canon and request the reconsider adding Mac OS support for the printer.
“Connecting a Canon PIXMA G3410 to a MacBook Air M4: Can I connect a Canon PIXMA G3410 to a MacBook Air M4 using Sequoia 15.4.1 OS? There is a label on the box that says it is incompatible! Various sites on the net say it is compatible! Very confusing!”
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A virtual machine might do the trick —does for my Mitch older Printer.
Thank you to all for your very helpful advice. I’ve decided to return the printer and get one which supports MacOS Sequoia.
Many thanks again.
Connecting a Canon PIXMA G3410 to a MacBook Air M4
