topic Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version? in Printer Software & Networking

Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

papertape — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 19:52:54 GMT

Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 13:15:20 GMT

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

papertape — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 14:16:09 GMT

Thanks!
But I worded my question badly.
I wish to find out the driver version currently installed.
I bought my printer in 2019.
The latest driver on CANON's web site is version 1.07 from 2021.
Presumably that driver is newer than the one now installed.
But I can't find out what version is now installed.

Canon's Instructions say to click the About button on the driver window's Maintenance tab.
That displays a dialog that says
"Canon Inkjet Printer Driver
Version 2.85
Copyright CANON INC 2000-2014"

with a long list of DLL and CHM file names of version 2.85.2.60.

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

shadowsports — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 14:26:13 GMT

Greetings,

Try looking in Control Panel > Add / Remove Programs Applet

Look for the Canon Drivers listing, scroll to the right.

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

Stephen — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 14:26:18 GMT

I'm not a tech, so I'm not sure how to check the current version installed, but you always want to ensure the most current version of the drivers and software are installed to prevent the possibility of any issues popping up! 😊

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

papertape — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 15:52:22 GMT

For normal people, that is good advice. But fiddling with basal components like drivers gives me the heebie jeebies. Even if the driver is obsolete, the printer works ok, so I'll likely leave it, unless CANON persuades me I need to update.

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

papertape — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:06:03 GMT

I followed your advice. Result:

No version number, of course.

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 16:42:33 GMT

Professional Print and Layout does not support the Pro-100. If you don’t already have it installed you want Print Studio Pro.

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

papertape — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 19:54:03 GMT

Print Studio Pro is a plug-in for Photoshop, Elements, and Lightroom, and Canon Digital Photo Professional. I don't have Photoshop and Lightroom, and Elements and Canon run on Windows 10+. I use GIMP and Windows 7.

(At the risk of diverting the topic -- I am using Scribus, development version 1.5.8. Stable version 1.4.8 crashed when I tried to load a 537 MB TIF file.)

Re: Windows 7, Pro 100 Printer, How can I find out the driver version?

shadowsports — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 20:42:18 GMT

Try this then.

Open Device Manager.

+Expand Printers

Right click on the Pro 100, select properties from the context menu

Select the Details tab, then use the drop down menu and select Driver Version