My printer was no longer being detected, so I uninstalled it and when I went to reinstall it I discovered that I no longer have a printer pop up menu to select my printer.

Maybe it's just a cable problem? Did you try another one ou try to connect it with another Mac/Pc?

Are you running Time Machine? If so enter TM, go to the HD/Library/Printers/ folder,

go back in time to when the printer was working, select the Canon folder and restore. Then launch Disk Utility, repair disk permissions and reboot.

OT

In additon to Old Toad's suggestion you might also need to do the following.

Go to System Preferences > Print & Fax and delete printer

Turn off printer.

Physically unplug the power. Wait 30 seconds. Plug it back in, turn it back on.

Go back to the Mac and add the printer back.

If the driver says "Generic PostScript Driver", click the menu and choose "Select Printer Software" and locate your printer on the list.

If your printer is not on this list, then you can try using the Generic PostScript Driver.

Don't assume the person on the phone knows anything about Macs!

Is your printer the MP610 model?

or the E610 model?

Both of those models are supported by drivers Apple has available for auto-download. See:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3669#canon-inkjet

If yours isn't one of those two, then it is likely to be supported by the Gutenprint drivers from here:

http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

Does this knowledge help?

Have you tried resetting the printing system?

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14141

It fixes lots of print issues.

Sorry, you've misread that. That is the Canon driver version number, nothing to do with OS X 10.8.

MSG2014 wrote:

I finally contacted Canon and they informed me that my printer is not compatible with Maverick

As Greg stated, the Canon support person is simply referring to what they see on the web and knosw nothing about Mac's. The reality is that the v10.8 driver will work on 10.9. You just may need to get past Gatekeeper to install it. So here is a link to the v10.8 driver. If you get a message stating that the driver is not signed and cannot be installed, then this is Gatekeeper blocking it. So to install it, right click (or Control-click) on the installer and select Open from the pop-up menu. Now you will have the option to install.

The second issue is the printer not appearing in the Add printer window. The USB cable is often the cause as suggested already. Also USB hubs can be a cause. To check if the Mac can see the printer, open System Information and select USB in the left column. The top right pane will show all the USB busses in your Mac. The MP610 should be listed under one of these busses. If it is not present, then try another USB cable and/or another USB port on the Mac. Until you see the MP610 in this view, you will not be able to add the printer.