Canon Pixma ip4000

I love it when I get what I need from the support community! I just downloaded Gutenprint 5.2.10a, the latest update, and my Pixma iP4000 is printing flawlessly! Thanks!

Thanks PAHU. The latest gutenprint version worked great for my Canon ip4200 on Mavericks! - cheers, Ipsy

Thanks.

Yes, resetting doesn't improve anything. Please note that everything had worked since Lion.

I don't get the 306 error with Gutenprint!

Oh, and my venerable 16/600PS (1994) prints fine, as well as my Epson Picture Mate (2004).

I also had problems printing with an iP4000 and after reading the comments here I wrote to Canon support - this is their answer back:

Thank you for your request and for contacting Canon.
We are sorry to read that you have updated your computer to Mac SO 10.9 and now your printer is no longer recognised. We regret to inform you that no drivers are available for your iP4000 and that non (sic) will be made available.
To explain this lack of availability we would like to provide you with some additional information regarding Canon's policy towards the provision of drivers for new operating systems.
At the time of launch of a new product, Canon generally provides drivers so that the product in question will operate on all existing and known future planned operating systems.
When the launch of a new operating system is announced, Canon reviews the existing product range to see which of these products can be considered for the provision of compatible drivers.
There are many different factors that may influence this decision. These can include (but are not limited to) such factors as the technical compatibility between the new operating system and the Canon product, the cost of driver development, the cost of supporting utility software product updates, the issue of certification of the developed driver by the operating system in question, the expected lifetime of the Canon product and costs associated with quality assurance.
Canon respects the right of its customers to decide to upgrade their operating systems and we attempt to make it clear at the time of purchase which products will function on which operating system.
Furthermore, Canon always advises its customers to check the compatibility of their associated Canon products prior to the upgrade of an operating system. To this purpose, our consumer helpdesk staff are always available to assist customers with such enquiries.
We hope that the information above offers enough explanations with regards to the unavailability of the updated driver that you need.

Once again, thank you for contacting Canon Technical Support. We trust that the information above is of use to you. Please do not hesitate to contact us again if you have any further questions or enquiries.

Hello akmeb. I ve got El Capitan too and i was worried about the the same issue. I ve just downloaded the drivers for canon ip4200 printer which are compatible with previous OS just like OS X Lion v10.7 and work perfect.

Try to download canon ip4000 drivers from here https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/suppo rt-inkjet-printer/ip-series/pixma-ip4000…

Maybe will works for you too.

Jack Frantz wrote:

No luck. Same problem.

The iP4200 is not listed as a supported printer in that Canon download. So your result would be expected.

If you are not happy with the output you get with Gutenprint there is a driver suite called PrintFab. There is a cost involved but it will give you better colour management.

Canon has no support for my Canon Pixma ip8500, either, and I was getting a bit frustrated. I tried Gutenprint v5.2.9 based on your advice, and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the suggestion and link!

The ip4200 driver does not work. The printer keeps pausing and does not print anything of course.

The problem with Gutenprint is that it doesn't manage colours and printers' options very well. It does serve a purpose, that is print lines and graphs, but that's it.

The old Apple Canon drivers worked perfectly, and this time Gutenprint doesn't save my day.

on my macbook air i started with os x lion and the ip4000 was installed flawlessly. a few month later i got to 10.8 and now 10.9. the printer is still there and working.

now i ask me if i can extract the driver from my macbook air and the install it on my imac with 10.9? driver is 10.67.1.0

Yes, I have tried and it works pretty good.

Download the last version of the driver from the Canon website. This is the release for 10.6!

Once you have the dmg file, right-click and open it, IGNORE the warning, open it up anyways.

Switch on your printer and make sure it's connected.

You should be able to see the ink status information now. The printer would.now.also show up in the list of installed / known printers.

Restart both your printer and your Mac, and this is it.

Unfortunately I didn't record it, but it was as simple as that :-|

can download here

Canon PIXMA IP4000 Driver Download

Hi there!

Well, my Pixma iP4200 doesn't work either. I get the error 306 message when the task is launched. Needless to say it worked fine in ML. Re-installing led to the same error.

I guess we shall have to wait for an Apple update for Canon drivers.

I upgraded a late 2012 iMac to 10.9 and could no longer print to my Canon iP4300 PIXMA. After hours of off and on trouble shooting and wasted time, I moved the printer off this iMac and onto the late 2006 iMac running 10.6.8. Printing works fine again, and I can print from my 2012 Macbook Air with 10.9 and the iMac with 10.9. So the upgrade to 10.9 has definitely broken the ability to print and networked printing services on what looks like many printers.

Jack Frantz wrote:

Forgot to say - Gutenprint/CUPS doesn't work.

With you getting the 306 error you have something else wrong with setup. Have you tried a reset of the printing system.

Nope! I was printing from the Apple bundled driver, which won't go by the way, and still printing that way from my Mini (10.7) and black MacBook.