M1 and old Canon printer (MG5350)

[gigatoaster]

Hello there

I have a M1 Mac mini and a Canon printer. The scanner is not recognised. I checked the website for the drivers, there is none available for this printer.

I was wondering if someone experienced this and had a work-around. What would suggest I do?

 

[satcomer]

Is this printer a USB or Networked (Airport=wireless) printer? The bigger problem is finding ink cartridges for older computers. That’s why people have gone to laser network printing!

I say network printing is easy if the printers networked! Just network printing and even out that printer IP in browser even gets you into web wiki page to configure it!

 

[gigatoaster]

Hi there

The printer works flawlessly it's just the scanner that it is not recognized. The printer is recognized via AirPrint but not the scanner. I don't have issues with cartridges.

On my Intel MacBook Pro, I have access to the scanner tab in System Preferences but not on my M1.

 

[satcomer]

That means it’s a scanner problem! Sense you refused to say is this. Networked device or a usb scanner?

 

[gigatoaster]

I put it as network. I’ll try to plug it via USB, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[satcomer]

If it is network the out the multifunction printer/scanner IP into your favote browser on your network to get into and check it’s settings! Plus in you scanning software is able to network device like network scanners? Can scan via IP?

 

[gigatoaster]

What?

 

[lcubed]

Hello there

I have a M1 Mac mini and a Canon printer. The scanner is not recognised. I checked the website for the drivers, there is none available for this printer.

I was wondering if someone experienced this and had a work-around. What would suggest I do?

have you looked at using vuescan yet?? supposedly has drivers for lots of out of support scanners and is a universal binary. we just just received a new slide scanner but are still waiting for the m1 mini that will use it.

 

[antwormcity]

Visit canon website an install the last good known drivers for older MAC OS version for your printer. I installed drivers for my MP495 Canon all-in-one printer that is almost ancient at this point and it works fine with wired USB connection. For reference, I probably downloaded drivers from the High Sierra/Yosemite days, cannot recall.

EDIT: https://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer_products/products/fax__multifunctionals/inkjet/pixma_mg_series/pixma_mg5350.html?type=drivers&language=en&os=macos 10.13 (high sierra)

 

[GlynJones]

have you looked at using vuescan yet?? supposedly has drivers for lots of out of support scanners and is a universal binary. we just just received a new slide scanner but are still waiting for the m1 mini that will use it.

Thanks Icubed, you are a life saver.

I had the exact same problem with a Canon MG5750 in that the printer works fine but the scanning software could not connect to the printer.

Vuescan rang a bell and I checked my emails and found I had purchased a licence for this 4 years ago for a negative scanner. I downloaded the latest release, entered my registration details and back up and scanning .

Not cheap but cheaper than buying a new all-in-one especially as we don't know if they are supported on Apple silicon until the 2021 all-in-ones are released with compatibility or Canon update their drivers.

 

[gigatoaster]

Apologies for the late reply.

Thank you @icubed for Vuescan. It is working great, except you have to pay for it but I found a torrent that seems to work flawlessly.

 

[Yorkieray]

I have the Canon MG5550 and this is a Big Sur issue, in that Canon has no driver for Big Sur.
My solution is to connect the printer to the same wifi network as my iPhone.
I then use the Canon Print app on the iPhone to remotely control the printer. One of the options is to scan.
When the scan is completed, the app then gives you the option to use the document as a JPG or PDF. You then need to select the share button, where, amongst many options, you can save to Files in iCloud or transfer direct to a Mac with Airdrop.