What is the best printer to install with a new Macbook Air for printing nice quality pictures? My old Canon MP960 does not appear to be compatible with the new system.
MacBook Air, latest version of computer
Have you checked Canon's web site for new drivers? What OS version are you using?
If you haven't done so already, try resetting the printing system.
OS X Mavericks: Reset the printing system also Yosemite
The last printer driver that Canon released for the MP960 was for OS X 10.7. You may be able to install and use this driver so here is a link from the Canon Australia web site. Note that this driver is not signed for OS X 10.9 so Gatekeeper may block its installation. To get past Gatekeeper, right-click on the installer and select Open from the pop-up menu that appears. You will now have the option to install this driver.
If you have any issue with using this 10.7 driver on 10.9 then there is an alternate driver suite known as Gutenprint, although its photo quality is sometimes not as good as the Canon driver - the extra Photo Magenta and Cyan inks in the MP960 are not used correctly. If you are happy to keep the MP960 then there is another driver suite called Printfab that costs €49 and produces quality photo prints.
If you have an abundance of money the Epson Stylus Photo R3000 is the best photo printer that you can buy.
best printer for photos for Macbook Air
