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It also includes AirPrint, which lets you wirelessly publish from your iPad, Apple iPhone, or iPod touch devices. This begins with integrated Wi-Fi for printing as well as scanning throughout your home from computers as well as suitable mobile devices.
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Then connect the printer via USB install Canon's 'Canon IJ Network Tool Ver.4.7.2' and use Applications / Canon Utilities / IJ Network Tool to configure the device for use over WiFi.The Canon PIXMA MX452 Power Celebrity Wireless Inkjet Office All-in-One Printer delivers premium high quality, convenience, and also ease to your office. It was such a relief, after searching Amazon, B&H Photo Video, and Best Buy websites for a new printer, to discover that a previously configured MX870 is still usable under Catalina.įor Catalina Macs that have never added an MX780 printer before, I think the trick is to start by installing Apple's old Canon Printer Drivers.
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Apple's old Canon printer/scanner drivers disk image contains the missing PPD files, so maybe it suffices to install that package.

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I also wish I knew how to prompt a Catalina Mac to install 'updated printer software' without first seeding /Library/Printers/PPDs. Still, I hope these scribblings provide useful clues. Anyone trying to follow this procedure to add an MX870 for the first time on a Catalina system will probably hit lots of snags. This time I selected 'Select Software.' from the 'Use:' menu. I copied this file to the same location on the new Mac, then tried to add the shared printer again. Sure enough, I found a compressed CUPS PPD file from August 2016: /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/
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Maybe its configuration had succeeded because it still had an old MX870 printer driver installed.

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Install Old Printer Drivers? Canon Mx870 Scanner Software Downloadįrustration mounting, I went digging through /Library on the first Mac. When I tried to add this shared printer to the new Mac, its 'Use:' menu showed 'Generic Postscript Printer', and a disclaimer. Share the Printer?Īfter much banging around I decided to share the printer from the first Mac. It wouldn't appear even after I installed and launched Applications / Canon Utilities / IJ Network Tool. Once the MX870 was working again on the Mac that had been upgraded to Catalina, I tried to set it up on a Catalina Mac on which no printers had ever been configured.Īt first I couldn't even see the printer on the network. I'm less certain about everything that follows, so let's switch from imperative ('Do this') to narrative ('Here's what I tried'). What about Catalina Macs that are trying to set up an MX870 for the first time? The steps above should work on a Mac that had configured an MX870 printer before being upgraded to Catalina. Wait for a long time (30+ seconds?) for the MX870 to appear as an available printer.Click '+' at bottom left to add a new device.With the printer turned on, open System Preferences > Printers & Scanners.Follow the instructions to configure the MX870 as a WiFi-connected scanner.Launch Applications / Canon Utilities / IJ Network Tool.Select the software tab, and download 'Canon IJ Network Tool Ver.4.7.2'.

The driver may be included in your OS or you may not need a driver.'
