No driver found for canon bjc-85

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No driver found for canon bjc-85

I recently obtained a 2013 Macbook air 13" and upgraded the os to Yosemite. I plugged in my travel printer, Canon BJC-85 and there is no driver compatible. The mac recognized it as plugged in but under the list of available installed drivers there is nothing that will work with it.

I tried to do a software update but it says my system is already up to date. I went to the canon website and it said mac OS X already has the drivers.

I used this printer on another mac OS X laptop and it had the drivers already like it should.

How should I proceed??

Thank you

Ruben

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 9, 2014 5:55 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2017 5:25 AM in response to greg sahli

Had same issue with printer installation. That helped Gutenprint - Top Quality Printer Drivers download | SourceForge.net

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Answer 2

greg sahli

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Jun 4, 2015 9:45 AM in response to Aoptimizer

Same issue doesn't tell us much.

If you mean a driver for bjc-85, then it's true that Canon no longer supports it.

This alternate driver set DOES support that model:

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

(don't get source code - get the standard Mac installer Disk Image .dmg file.)

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nick101

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Dec 9, 2014 6:07 AM in response to ugzruben

Have you tried going to the Canon support site, downloading the latest driver and reinstalling?

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ugzruben Author

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Dec 9, 2014 6:53 AM in response to nick101

Canon's site says the following:

There is no driver for the OS Version you selected. The driver may be included in your OS or you may not need a driver.

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Dec 9, 2014 10:03 AM in response to ugzruben

It's shown as supported on OS X: Printer and scanner software available for download - Apple Support. You should be able to get the right driver by using Software Update with the printer on and connected or by downloading the Canon drivers here: Canon Inkjet Printer Drivers v2.12 for OS X.

Hope this helps.

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arcadelt

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Jan 5, 2015 2:31 PM in response to John Blanchard1

No, that link actually shows that it is no longer supported via software update and to contact Canon. Link back to the OP quote:

Canon's site says the following:

There is no driver for the OS Version you selected. The driver may be included in your OS or you may not need a driver.

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Answer 7

Feb 21, 2015 10:00 AM in response to ugzruben

I am having the same problem, and got the answer that arcadelt mentioned for driver to support Canon BJC 85. Has anyone got it to work yet? I have to admit I have had nothing but problems since upgrading to Yosemite, the reason I am now using this printer is because Yosemite no longer recognises my Kodak WIFI printer. Apple get a grip

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