art.design79
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Q: Printer Driver Compatibility Issue

Can someone guide / help for Canon LBP 2900 Printer driver.  My Mac was upgraded with the new Sierra (10.12) OS recently and the printer is not working.   Appreciate if anyone else has tried and installed a suitable driver.....

Posted on Oct 2, 2016 10:22 PM

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  • by Barolas,

    Barolas Barolas Oct 2, 2016 10:39 PM in response to art.design79
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    Oct 2, 2016 10:39 PM in response to art.design79

    What error do you get when trying to print?

     

    This article should help: Resolve printer issues on your Mac - Apple Support

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Oct 3, 2016 1:06 AM in response to art.design79
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    Oct 3, 2016 1:06 AM in response to art.design79

    Have you went to Canon's support site? You likely need updated drivers but they may not be available yet or even in the future

  • by woodmeister50,

    woodmeister50 woodmeister50 Oct 3, 2016 3:25 AM in response to art.design79
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    Oct 3, 2016 3:25 AM in response to art.design79

    FWIW, if an older driver exists on the Canon site, it may work.

     

    I have an Canon i9900 printer which serves me quite well but had

    support for it in OS X quite some time ago.  All I did was to get

    the 10.6.x installer from the Canon site ad ran it and the printer

    works just fine with all my apps, except Photoshop.

     

    The issue with Photoshop is that the Photoshop group simply thinks

    they know better than manufacturers or OS developers (Windows also has

    issues, more so than Mac) as to how external devices should work.

    Therefore, every OS upgrade breaks their software in one form or another

    (Lightroom which is obviously a totally separate group prints just fine).