Driver installation for Canon MP500 : unable to see !

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Driver installation for Canon MP500 : unable to see !

I installed my new Canon MP500 printer, run the installer from the provided CD to setup the related applications and the drivers.

Even the installation seems successful, the drivers for the MP500 are not "visible" when I add the printer (connected with USB). "Add printer" can see the printer, but I don't have a Canon MP500 in the printer type list.

The Cacnon applications are installed, when I launch one I have a message saying : no driver ...

Any idea ?

iMac G5 20'' Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on May 19, 2006 6:31 AM

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greg sahli

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May 19, 2006 11:56 AM in response to krikri_64

Try Reset Printing System, a menu choice in Printer Setup Utility.

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May 19, 2006 12:54 PM in response to greg sahli

thanks, but no effect ... 😟

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greg sahli

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May 19, 2006 5:12 PM in response to krikri_64

Have you checked the Canon web site for a newer driver?

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May 20, 2006 3:49 AM in response to greg sahli

Yes, I did without success.

Someone knows which files (and where) should be installed by the setup ?

If I install the demo printfab drivers, I can use the printer .. but I am not very happy to pay for a printer driver.

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May 24, 2006 5:59 PM in response to krikri_64

I have a similar problem, although I can get it to work if I connect the printers directly to the MacBook Pro. I am new to Mac, so this might be a simple fix... I just haven't figured out how to do it yet.

I have a Canon i960 and an HP LaserJet 1012. Both Canon and HP state that Tiger 10.4.6 have built in drivers to support the printers. When I plug either printer in directly to the mbp, both are recognized immediately and work great.

The problem is that I still use two Windows PC's in the house and the printers are both connected to the PC. I can share the Printers from the PC, and the mbp can see both of them, but the printer setup asks me to choose the device type, and neither of my printers show up in the list. I went out and bought a print server thinking I could solve the problem that way, and have the same problem... the device list does not display the i960 or the 1012.

So both of our problems seem to stem from the fact that the printer we are trying to install doesn't show up in the printer device list.

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May 24, 2006 7:12 PM in response to TCinBroomfield

Close to zero non-postscript drivers provided by manufacturers are capable of Windows/network printing. You need CUPS drivers for network printing. For the laserjet, you can install hpijs and ESP ghostscript from:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/

For the Canon, the only known CUPS drivers are from: http://www.printfab.net

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