Supposed to be Win 8 compatible and it did the same thing so here I sit thinking it could be an issue with Windows itself. The thing is, I bought an HP all in one printer before this one that was With the help of these methods, you can connect the Canon printer to your system and use it perfectly for scans, copies, and more. We hope that here you found all the easy methods for how to install and update Canon printer drivers in Windows 11/10/8/7 PC. In the list-down box then try installing the device driver via Run as administrator. Download and Update Canon Printer Driver for Windows 10: Successful. Click the checkbox before Run this program in Compatibility mode for option and select Windows 7. Click on Properties and select the Compatibility tab. I'm pretty good with computers but stumped on this one. Right-click on the driver (Downloaded from the manufacturer’s website) file. I checked my firewall settings, and even tried installing while in clean boot. I reboot again and the driver is gone yet again. I want to try the scanner and it's like it's not there.

I reboot, and low and behold the driver appears to have installed, so I print a test page and it works. I uninstalled and tried again, checking device manager as well and still the driver isn't found. It says please wait, and also says it detects it, but then stops just like it did when I tried to install from the software cd. I downloaded directlyįrom there, ran the install and it goes fine until the 3rd step which is when I plug the printer into the computer and turn it on. I went to Canon's web site and they do list the driver for Win 8, 64 bit. Attempted to install the software for my brand new printer on my new computer today, and I keep getting error messages that the printer driver file can't be found.

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