CUPS Driver Information
This document provides information for the newly-released drivers only for Mac OS X v10.5 or later (hereinafter called CUPS drivers) as compared to the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0).
CUPS Driver Outline
- Canon-made CUPS drivers operate in Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) or later only. * The CUPS drivers cannot be installed in Mac OS X v10.4 or earlier.
- The version numbers for the CUPS drivers are displayed with 4 digits starting from 10.0.0.0.
- The User interface (UI) is essentially the same as the current driver (lower than 10.0.0.0). The same goes for its operation.
Note: The Color Options screen does not have the 'Color Correction' pop-up menu. Color correction must be done from the application.
- With the Mac OS X v10.5 specifications, the CUPS drivers are automatically selected by priority, and are registered as a printer driver to be used. The only Canon Printers with pre-installed CUPS drivers are the Pro9000 and Pro9500.
* This is only true if no printer drivers have been registered. When the current driver (lower than 10.0.0.0) is already registered, it is selected by priority.
- Use the CUPS drivers in the following cases only:
* When performing 16-bit color printing
* When printing from 64-bit applications
Differences from the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0)
- The Color Options screen does not have the 'Color Correction' pop-up menu. Color correction must be done from the application.
- Printing operation in 16-bit per channel. (New function)
- Full support of printing functions in 64-bit applications. (New function)
* In the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0), the print dialog cannot be displayed from the 64-bit applications, so printing from 64-bit applications is not possible.
- The functions "Simulate illustration", "Monochrome effects", and "Photo Noise Reduction" supported by the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0) are not supported by the CUPS driver.
* In addition to the above functions, Vivid Photo will not be supported in the CUPS drivers 10.0.0.0 included in Mac OS X v10.5 (for the Pro9000 and Pro9500), but is available in version 10.1.0.0.
- Printing from Air Mac is not possible.
Co-existence of the CUPS drivers and the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0)
- The CUPS drivers and the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0) can be installed on the same system. They will co-exist. Each driver can be separated by following the procedures below.
< Procedure >
- Select 'Print & Fax' in System Preferences.
- Click the 'Plus' button in Print & Fax.
- From the pull-down menu of 'Print Using', select 'Canon IJ Printer' or the model name you are using.
When using the CUPS drivers, select the latter. When using the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0), select 'Canon IJ Printer'. The names including "IJ" are for the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0).
To identify one from another from the application in the step 5, the printer name should be changed to the preferred one. (e.g. CUPS Canon Pro9000)
- Click Add.
- Switch the printer driver on the application as necessary.
* When "Canon IJ Printer" is selected although the current driver (lower than 10.0.0.0) is not installed, an error message "An error occurred while trying to add the selected printer. Error: -9672" will be displayed. Install the current driver (lower than 10.0.0.0), or use the CUPS one.
How to confirm the driver version
- Select 'Print & Fax' in System Preferences, then click 'Options & Supplies'. The driver version currently specified will be displayed.
* When using the CUPS driver Ver. 10.0.0.0
* When using the current driver Ver. 4.8.4 (lower than 10.0.0.0)
Printer Sharing
- Printer sharing between Mac OS X computers is still possible using the CUPS driver. However, it can be performed only when the same type of the driver is used in the client and the server. As with the current drivers (lower than 10.0.0.0), printer sharing with non-Mac OS X computers is not possible.
