“Be sure you’re telling it that you are using USB and not WiFi or wired LAN. Canon helped me set it up for a usb connection. “Your printer can connect directly to your Mac via USB as you’re looking to do”: theoretically, yes. And I’ve been through the disconnect-reconnect routine several times with them. But the cable I do have has worked about 6 or 7 times, when tech support have guided me on the phone, although this hasn’t worked recently. “I’d try another cable”: I don’t have one. Yes, I’ve tried that several times with Canon tech support.It doesn’t work: System Preferences just says “no printer is available”. You say “If it were me: I’d disconnect the USB cable from both ends and then reconnect it”. Control-click in the list of printers (outlined in red below).
Apple long ago tired of waiting for printer manufacturers to provide software compatible with each new version of OS X, so they started doing it themselves, and on the whole this has been a good thing for Mac users. Rather, the instructions say, get the software from Apple, and indeed that is excellent advice.
IPF650/655/670/680/685/760/765/770/780/785/815/825/830/840/850Īpple iPAD Devices running iOS 6.Many printers from Epson, Canon and Hewlett-Packard come with instructions to NOT install the software that comes with them on CDs.
*2: If the size of the PDF data exceeds that of the paper size set at the printer, the image will not be printed correctly.Ĭanon imagePROGRAF Large Format Inkjet Printers: *1: In order to access the imagePROGRAF devices, the printers must be connected to a network that is in the same network as the wireless network. From Canon imagePROGRAF Print Utility, choose a printer and easily start printing. (An image data format, JPEG and PNG can be selected even in this application) Use "Open In" from iPAD aplication to Canon imagePROGRAF Print Utility. Choose print orientation (Portrait/Landscape) *2 Enlargement/Reduction to the output size is possible Ability to choose number of copies (from 1-10) You can print PDF/JPEG/PNG data from iPADs via wireless connectivity.*1 Canon imagePROGRAF Print Utility is a free application that allows iPad users to print to Canon imagePROGRAF large format inkjet printers.