topic Re: Cannot communicate with the printer.Turn Enable bi-directional support in Desktop Inkjet Printers

Cannot communicate with the printer.Turn Enable bi-directional support

Ricki_M — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 05:53:16 GMT

Since installing the free upgrade to windows 10 i cannot use my Canon ip1700 PIXMA printer.

Finally i actually got win10 to detect my printer, which was a major break through, but now when I try to print a document I always get this same error:

"Cannot communicate with the printer.
Turn Enable bi-directional support on in the printer's Properties dialog box."

I cannot find any setting in properties that even mentions "bidirectional support"

Re: Cannot communicate with the printer.Turn Enable bi-directional support

Ricki_M — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 06:30:10 GMT

hmm i downlaoded this file from canon site;

mypr-win-3_3_0-ea11_2.exe

... and now i printed a page using

Canon Inkjet iP1700 (Copy 1)

should i delete the original printer?

Re: Cannot communicate with the printer.Turn Enable bi-directional support

Frustrated123 — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:43:30 GMT

I need to enable bi-directionals, it said they were in the printers property dialogue box. Can' find that.