Canon MX492 Help!

sakell76 — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:06:24 GMT

All of a sudden my printer is installed as a fax only- I cannot get it to install properly. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad and am on Windows 10

any help is welcomed

Re: Canon MX492 Help!

Patrick — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 19:19:18 GMT

Hi sakell76,

Reinstalling will resolve this issue. To do this, please follow these steps:

1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard and the letter R, then let both go.

2. In the Run window, please type CONTROL PANEL and click OK.

3. Click on View devices and printers (or Devices and printers, depending on your view).

4. Right click the Canon MX420 series and left click on Remove device. Repeat until all MX420's are removed.

5. In the upper left corner, click on Control Panel (or the Back button).

6. In Control Panel, click on Uninstall a program (or Programs and features, depending on your view).

7. Click once on "Canon MX420 series MP Drivers" and then click Uninstall at the top.

8. Follow the on screen prompts to uninstall the driver. When you click Complete, the driver is uninstalled.

9. Once done, please reboot your computer.

When your computer restarts, we will reinstall:

1. Please use the following link:

2. Click the Select button next to "MX490 series MP Drivers Ver. 1.02 (Windows)".

3. Click the Download button. The drivers will download.

4. Once the download is complete, open your downloads folder. To access this, press CTRL and J, then let both go.

5. Double click "mp68-win-mx490-1_02-ea33_3.exe" to begin the installation.

6. Follow the on screen prompts to reinstall.

Once the installation has completed, please attempt to print.