Installing the Driver/Software Via USB for Mac OS

Article ID: ART166383 | Date published: 09/08/2016 | Date last updated: 06/03/2021
 

Description

Installing the Driver/Software Via USB for Mac OS

Solution

Install the MF Drivers and MF Scan Utility from the DVD-ROM that is supplied with the machine. For more information about how to connect the machine and a computer, see "Getting Started" before starting.
CAUTION
If you are connecting the machine and a computer via a USB cable, install the software before connecting the USB cable. A USB cable is not included with the machine. Prepare one separately.
NOTE
  • The options to be displayed differ depending on your model.
  • The installation screen differs depending on the version of Mac OS X.
  • Be sure to close all applications that are running.

1. Insert the provided DVD-ROM into the drive on the computer.

2. Perform the following procedure.
If you are making a USB connection, turn OFF the machine.

3. Double-click the DVD-ROM icon, and double-click the [Canon_Driver.pkg] icon.

4. Click [Continue].

5. Read the License Agreement, and click [Continue].

6. Click [Agree].

7. Click [Install].
  • [Change Install Location] may appear, but you cannot change the installation location.

8. Enter the administrators name and password, and click [OK] or [Install Software].

9. When the following screen appears, click [Close].

USB Connection

9-1. Remove the tape that covers the USB port on the back side of the machine.

9-2. Connect the USB cable.
  • Connect the flat end to the USB port on the computer.
  • Connect the square end to the USB port on the machine.

9-3. Turn ON the machine.
The printer is automatically registered for a USB connection.
Perform the following procedures only when they are not automatically registered.

10. Open [System Preferences], and click [Print & Fax], [Print & Scan], or [Printers & Scanners].

11. Click the [+] icon.
  • If another dialog box does not appear, click [Add Other Printer or Scanner] or [Add Printer or Scanner] after clicking the [+] icon.

12. Register the printer.

12-1. Click [Default], and select a printer name for which [USB] is displayed in the [Kind] column.

12-2. Select either one of the following options from [Print Using] or [Use]: [Select Printer Software], or [Select Software].

12-3. Select a driver that is capable for this machine from the driver list, and click [OK].

12-4. Click [Add].

13. Check that this machine is added to the [Print & Fax], [Print & Scan], or [Printers & Scanners] dialog box.

14. Close the dialog box.


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