topic Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro in Printer Software & Networking

Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

MyCat — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:14:05 GMT

I am trying to connect my 2023 Macbook Pro to my Canon MG7120 Printer, but cannot. I figure I just had to connect my macbook with a usb C adaptor to the printer and it would come up. The print window pops up and when I click on the printer options, I click on add printers and a new window pops up.

It has the Canon MG7100 series on there, but then it asks me to choose a driver. When I click on it, the options it gives me is:

1. Select Software

2. Other

When I click on select software, it has other ones on there but not anything canon.

When I click on Other, it just takes me to what is in my computer likje documents or downloads, basically differrent file folders.

I don't know what to do to make this all work. Please Help!

Note: I have never used this printer with this new MacBook before so it's not on there, nor does it recognize it. Also, even with my old macbook, I was not able to connect to the printer via wirelessly. So I thought if I connected it with cables, it would be more straight-forward, but it wasn't.

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:27:23 GMT

@MyCat wrote:

I am trying to connect my 2023 Macbook Pro to my Canon MG7120 Printer, but cannot. I figure I just had to connect my macbook with a usb C adaptor to the printer and it would come up. The print window pops up and when I click on the printer options, I click on add printers and a new window pops up.

It has the Canon MG7100 series on there, but then it asks me to choose a driver. When I click on it, the options it gives me is:

1. Select Software

2. Other

When I click on select software, it has other ones on there but not anything canon.

When I click on Other, it just takes me to what is in my computer likje documents or downloads, basically differrent file folders.

I don't know what to do to make this all work. Please Help!

Note: I have never used this printer with this new MacBook before so it's not on there, nor does it recognize it. Also, even with my old macbook, I was not able to connect to the printer via wirelessly. So I thought if I connected it with cables, it would be more straight-forward, but it wasn't.

Based on the Canon support page for the printer the most recent macOS that has a driver is Catalina (macOS 10.15).

Canon Support for PIXMA MG7120 | Canon U.S.A., Inc.

It does show up on the Apple AirPrint list, so when you select Add Printer choose Bonjour printer when the list of printers appears.

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

MyCat — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 03:37:49 GMT

Thanks for the reply. I tried to look for the Bonjour Printer, but this is what I got instead.

I clicked on printer > then add printers > I selected Canon USB > Then Choose Driver > Then Select Software > Then The window with the list of software pops up.

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 11:29:17 GMT

Sometimes it comes up USB. That should connect you to the AirPrint driver for the printer.

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

MyCat — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:21:43 GMT

That's fine, but I literally selected 'canon MG7100 series' where it says under 'kind' to be USB (the window entitled 'add printer.'

It still wants you to choose a software.

Not given much choice, I click on the 'select software' where it says 'Use.'

And then the window to the left of it pops up, entitled 'Printer software'.

It has a list of software to choose from and I am not sure which one of those works, if any work at all.

So I basically don't know where to go from there.

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 15:30:19 GMT

@MyCat wrote:

That's fine, but I literally selected 'canon MG7100 series' where it says under 'kind' to be USB (the window entitled 'add printer.'

It still wants you to choose a software.

Not given much choice, I click on the 'select software' where it says 'Use.'

And then the window to the left of it pops up, entitled 'Printer software'.

It has a list of software to choose from and I am not sure which one of those works, if any work at all.

So I basically don't know where to go from there.

Can you post screenshot of software choices?

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

MyCat — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 17:08:49 GMT

Re: Connecting Canon MG7120 to MacBook Pro

jrhoffman75 — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 17:11:08 GMT

None of that software applies to your printer. Can you just proceed without selecting?