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https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/ https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/ which uses CUPS helped me resurrect an old Canon printer for which the company refused to
by behnamoh 1y ago
https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/ https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/ which uses CUPS helped me resurrect an old Canon printer for which the company refused to provide updated drivers on macOS.
I was about to throw it in the recycling/trash, but I just couldn't accept that a perfectly fine hardware was crippled because the software was not updated to work on the latest macOS versions. Perplexity pointed me to Gutenprint and it worked wonderfully! The only thing that doesn't work is the scanner functionality.
- asveikau 1y agoMany years ago I remember Windows support vanished on a bunch of printers at the 32 to 64 bit transition. That was around the time I learned how printing on Linux and BSD worked, to save a printer or two.
- fsckboy 1y ago>support vanished on a bunch of printers at the 32 to 64 bit transition that was after the win16 to win32 transition when every single cutting edge tech Sony product I owned, many of them quite expensive (and designed for win98/winME because that was cutting edge), stopped working. I've never bought anything Sony since, and no regrets. Some time later, Sony Pictures wanted something from me and I said, "I boycott Sony" and they said "we're a different company" and I said "change your trademark then, that's the whole point of trademark, reputation"
- sherr 1y agoIt was the rootkit on a CDROM that did it for me. Ever since then, I avoid Sony. As you say: reputation.
- LargoLasskhyfv 1y agoDid you try http://sane-project.org http://sane-project.org for the scanner part? They have support for some Canons, maybe you're lucky?
- exhilaration 1y agoI bought VueScan in 2014 specifically for a Canon scanner, looks like it's still around: https://www.hamrick.com/ https://www.hamrick.com/