Grandpa bought this used iMac down the street a couple of years ago he really likes. I didnt realize it was a PowerPC and bought a new printer for it. Is there any way to to get these new canon printers working with PPCs? Linux or unix drivers possible. I don't mind a tricky set up but scanning and printing need to be a smooth ride for grandpa. Thanks!
need PowerPC drivers for a
Canon imageCLASS MF3010
for a
1.8 GHZ Power PC
running
osx 10.5.8
This Canon support page has 10.5 drivers for Intel Macs but not PowerPC:
You may have to look at third-party options like GimpPrint but those only allow printing, not scanning. I'm pretty sure you Grand is not going to get full use from this device. I looked at Brother MP devices; they have traditionally been better as supporting older Mac products. However, their entry level models now require an Intel Mac and OS 10.6 or higher.
Allan,
Under the link provided by you, UFRII Printer Driver and ScanGear files that are marked PPC are listed as well (when choosing Mac OS X Leopard v10.5). I do not know anything about these files, but they could possibly be worth investigating further. Also, other (local) Canon web sites may offer additional possibilities.
hmm... thanks jan, going to try this
hey jan,
I did not see where you were referring to
UFRII Printer Driver and ScanGear files that are marked PPC
I found this but this do you think this may work?
http://support-au.canon.com.au/contents/AU/EN/0100212606.html
Hi Don,
I just clicked on the link provided by Allan. Under Drivers & Downloads, Mac OS X Leopard v10.5 was manually chosen from the Operating System menu, resulting in four items (Recommended Downloads, English). However, generally speaking, one can never rule out that different items are presented on a web page depending upon where you are located and the type of computer used for the connection. The file under your link at least appears to have the same version number. Sorry, but I do not know more about the file(s) in question.
Jan
Don, That link you found looks like it only enables printing in 10.5 PPC but it is worth trying.
thanks allan
Don,
...and from the same source, the file at http://support-au.canon.com.au/contents/AU/EN/0100162505.html could possibly be worth looking at for scanning.
Wow! jan is much better than I in ferreting out those obscure links. Good work, Jan!
you go jan
the printer drivers not only worked! They included a driver specific for the 3010. I guess software copyright being different in different countries...
need PowerPC drivers for a Canon imageCLASS MF3010
