topic Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023 in Printer Software & Networking

Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

rhesse — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:37:00 GMT

Hi,
I had to revert to Photoshop 2022 to be able to use the iPF6400_8400_9400Series-PinPD-MacX-603 plugin for Photoshop. Could you please let me know when you will have updated the plugin for PS 2023

Cheers,
Ralf

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Danny — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 13:08:11 GMT

Hi, Ralf! If you haven't done so already, we recommend registering your printer HERE. It lets you sign up for email updates whenever software and firmware updates are posted. Hope this helps!

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Flup — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:25:15 GMT

It is now 7 February 2023 and still no sign of being able to use the PS Print Plugin on my ipf8400 with photoshop 2023 and/or Mac OS Ventura. This is pretty disgraceful. Lots of us have been using this for years and rely on it. I am having to satay with PS 2022 and Monterey in the meantime but what happens when I really need to upgrade to either or both of those? Is my hugely expensive printer just to be left obsolete?

Regards,

Philip

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

rhesse — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:54:27 GMT

It's a disgrace.

Canon, get your act together. We're spending thousands of dollars on your ink, so please get your act together and fix this problem otherwise I have to buy an Epson next time as it only needs a driver while yours wants a plugin.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

rhesse — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:39:56 GMT

Hi Flup, it actually works in Ventura but not Ps 2023.
They still haven't bothered upgrading the Plugin.
Very disappointing.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

rhesse — Wed, 31 May 2023 02:21:05 GMT

Hi Danny,
the latest description for the ipf8400 photoshop plugin states that it is compatible with OS13 Ventura and Photoshop 2023. I have tried multiple times to install it into the plugins folder but it doesn't show up when I try to export from Photoshop. See attached screenshots. Could you please help me to resolve this problem

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

GlennaBayerPhot — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 15:59:06 GMT

Hi Rhesse,

I had the same problem and after spending many hours trouble-shooting, finally tracked it down to not being compatible with the M1 chip. After setting Photoshop 2023 to open using Rosetta 2 (which is a workaround), the 'Export to ipf8400 Print Plug-in' option was enabled!! To enable using Rosetta, Control + Click the App name (Photoshop 2023), click Get Info, and there is a checkbox to open using Rosetta. I'll include a screenshot. Hopefully this works for you and anyone else that may be having this issue.

Glenna Bayer https://glennabayer.com/

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

GlennaBayerPhot — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:02:56 GMT

Hi all,

I had this problem also. See my detailed reply to Rhesse above as to how I was able to fix it. Hopefully it may work for the rest of you.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

rhesse — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:18:00 GMT

That worked. Thank you so much. Finally someone with a working solution.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

GlennaBayerPhot — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:54:51 GMT

Wonderful, I’m glad that my hours of research helped someone else too!

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

GlennaBayerPhot — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:10:59 GMT

Hi Philip, I’m tagging you in this reply to make sure you see the workaround that worked for me. I described it in detail below, but I enabled Photoshop to open with Rosetta and then the plug-in showed up. Hopefully that will work for you as well.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Flup — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:58:13 GMT

Excellent. But we should still have an upgrade of the software so we don't have to go back and forth between Rosetta and the latest OS (using Rosetta slows down the rest of your system so you don't want to keep your computer on it.)

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

GlennaBayerPhot — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:21:17 GMT

Absolutely! Maybe Canon will soon get this fixed.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Streetwise — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 01:46:08 GMT

I'm having the same issue. I had to create a separate Volume for Big Sur, 2022 and 6.03 plugin to get it to work. With Ventura, as soon as you launch the plugin, CRASH. The printer is a great printer but now I'm wondering if I would ever buy another Canon if this is the way they roll with software. Sad.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Streetwise — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 01:47:57 GMT

That hasn't been my experience. Ventura seems to be the culprit with 2022, 2023, beta. It does not matter which PS version. It is the 6.03 plugin that's at fault, at least for me.

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Streetwise — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 01:49:11 GMT

Do you think I should install Rosetta 2 even though I have an Intel based iMac? Thanks!

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

rhesse — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 01:01:29 GMT

Hi Glenna,
do you know if there is a way to print with the 8400 without the **bleep** print plugin? My Epson 9900 is just as old as the Canon 8400 and it doesn't need any plugin, just the driver. I tried the Canon the same way but the colours and density are way off.
Cheers, Ralf

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

erdincülker — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 09:46:46 GMT

How can I implement this for Windows?

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Streetwise — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:26:27 GMT

UPDATE: For me, it turns out that the issue is trying to run Photoshop 2022+ with the print plugin. I am currently on Sequoia with no issues anymore. There are 2 ways to do this:
1) Right-click on the Photoshop app and Get Info. Select "open with Rosetta".
2) Download Photoshop 2021 as it's still Intel-Based MAC friendly.

For me, I keep 2021 installed JUST for print jobs on the 8400 with the 6.03 plugin. This allows me to run the latest version of Photoshop for regular editing work. Not the best arrangement, but at least I don't have to throw away the 11-year-old printer just yet!

Re: Print plugin for iPF 8400 not working in Photoshop 2023

Streetwise — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:27:40 GMT

I don't have any experience with this. My gut would say to try downloading an older version (2021) from CreativeCloud and try that. Seems that the plugin might not be compatible with newer versions?