Canon LBP6000 print driver - no printer appears in the 'add printer' section' I have installed Mac CAPT Ve r340 and nothing shows.r

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Canon LBP6000 print driver - no printer appears in the 'add printer' section' I have installed Mac CAPT Ve r340 and nothing shows.r

I was having problems printing from my Canon LBP6000. Print jobs remained held in the queue. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Mac CAPT Ve r340 driver from Canon's website, no improvement. The printer works fine with my Windows laptop.

I found an option to remove all printers from the Print preferences section. I can't remember how I did this, but all printers were removed. I reinstalled the above driver, but now in the 'print & scan' - 'add printer' section, I have no printer options. And no idea how to get printer options. So very open to advice.

Thanks

T.

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 1, 2012 12:58 AM

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PAHU

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Apr 1, 2012 1:44 AM in response to stingraes

The ability to see the LBP6000 in the Add Printer view is not reliant on the printer driver but the USB cable. If you have the printers USB cable connected directly to the Mac, as opposed to having it connected to the Windows computer you mention or to some sort of USB hub, then it should appear in the Add Printer > Default view. If it does not show, then try another USB cable. You can also open System Information on the Mac and select the USB section in the left column. Then in the top right pane you will see all the USB busses on the Mac and the LBP should be seen under one of the busses if the USB cable is okay.

With regards to the action to remove all printers, I would bet that you performed a reset of the printing system.

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