I recently bought a Canon Pixma 882 and it is connected via wireless link to a Linksys Wireless E4200 router. My MacBook Pro is connected to the router. I checked that the printer is connected to my router, I can access it from the browser using its IP address. I can see the Pixma in my printer list on the macbook, however when I try to print, I see the screen below and nothing prints.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Did you set it up as a Canon IP printe or wahat?
Might try these two...
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
Might try Printer Setup Repair 5.1...
Did you set it up as a Canon IP printe or wahat?
Might try these two...
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
Might try Printer Setup Repair 5.1...
BDAqua,
I did set it up as a default printer on the Canon IJ network, when that did not work I set it up as an IP printer, downloaded CUSP drivers that support the printer, but that did not work.
I reset the printing system feature earlier this evening, but nothing changed. Why use Printer Setup Repair 5.1?
On the console I get the following message:
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No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
snmpget: Timeout
snmpget: Timeout
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/var/log/cups/error.log shows:
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I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Saving printers.conf...
I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Printer 'Canon_MX880_series__7C4D9AF98C20' started by ''.
I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Adding start banner page "none" to job 2.
I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Adding end banner page "none" to job 2.
I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Job 2 queued on 'Canon_MX880_series__7C4D9AF98C20' by 'jnayak'.
I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstopdffilter (PID 1922) for job 2.
I [10/Nov/2011:22:59:16 -0800] Started filter /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/PrintJobMgr/Contents/MacOS/PrintJobMgr (PID 1923) for job 2.
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Hmmm, snmpget: Timeout would suggest it's going out to CUPS & getting no answer. Is the above from CUPS or Canon ij driver?
I'm not sure the CUPS driver works over wifi.
All the messages in the above mail (including the snmpget: Timeout) are when I use the Canon IJ driver
Here are the messages when I use the CUPS driver
console.log shows:
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No log handling enabled - turning on stderr logging
snmpget: Timeout
snmpget: Timeout
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/var/log/cups/error_log shows:
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[11/Nov/2011:22:24:34 -0800] Adding start banner page "none" to job 13.
I [11/Nov/2011:22:24:34 -0800] Adding end banner page "none" to job 13.
I [11/Nov/2011:22:24:34 -0800] Job 13 queued on 'L1' by 'jnayak'.
I [11/Nov/2011:22:24:34 -0800] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstocupsraster (PID 5857) for job 13.
I [11/Nov/2011:22:24:34 -0800] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.2 (PID 5858) for job 13.
I [11/Nov/2011:22:24:34 -0800] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/lpd (PID 5859) for job 13.
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The Pixma makes several noises, i.e, the printer head moving back and forth, but no print out.
BTW, I downloaded PrintRepair and ran it, nothing has changed.
Printer and Scanner works wirelessly, see solution below
I got the printer working, after talking to the Canon Rep. I missed one tiny detail when I was setting up the printer. After getting the printer to recognize the router wirelessly, I had to get my MacBook Pro to recognize the printer:
Click on System Preferences
Click on Print & Fax
Click on "+" button
Then click on "More Printers" button
When the menu comes up, it recognizes your printer, and in the box above you have to choose
Canon IJ Network ( I had omited this step, and it was selected to Windows Printing, which was
incorrect)
Once this is done the printer worked.
Great to hear, thanks for the tip! 🙂
Macbook cannot print to wireless pixma 882
