topic Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000 in Professional Photo Printers

Canon Pixma Pro 9000

Margaret3 — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:31:02 GMT

Looking for a driver so this photo printer will work with Mac OS Catalina. Has anyone found a driver?

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

shadowsports — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:53:25 GMT

If I recall correctly, Canon has already said it will not be releasing a Catalina specific driver for the 9000.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

Patrick — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:29:09 GMT

Hi Margaret3,

The last version of Mac OSX that the PIXMA Pro9000 was supported with was Mac OSX v10.9. The PIXMA Pro9000 is not supported with newer versions of OSX. You are eligible for Canon's Upgrade Program. This is for out of warranty units which have been diagnosed to require service, or for some reason are incompatible with a new or upgraded system. This option allows you a one-time opportunity to purchase a replacement product, discounted from the list price.

To help you get up and running quickly, we also offer free standard shipping (if the order is completed by 12:30PM ET). If you would like to take part in this option, please call our Sales Department at (866) 443-8002 seven days a week, 8am to Midnight. Let them know you have been working with technical support and the Canon Upgrade Program was offered.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

Margaret3 — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:57:05 GMT

Thanks....love the printer....hate that it has just been made obselete.....was hoping someone outside of Canon had

made a fix.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

mchasty1 — Mon, 17 May 2021 21:26:36 GMT

I have searched everywhere for a driver and been unsuccessful. I have repeatedly reviewed Canon all negatives in every forum i can find as my printer worked great and was in great shape until this major lack of support.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

Margaret3 — Tue, 18 May 2021 01:28:38 GMT

Thanks for your response. Yeah, still grieving this. Love the printer...hate the lack of Canon Support!

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

needshowfer — Tue, 18 May 2021 06:18:08 GMT

I have the same problem of needing a driver for my Pixma Pro 9000 Mk II for MacOS 11.2 (Big Sur). Will there be a 64-bit

driver for this printer?

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

laiyeelee — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:56:14 GMT

Have you found the driver outside of Canon? I feel the same way about the priinter. I love it but no driver!?. Does anyne know why no dirver? What else can we (all printer owners) do?

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

Margaret3 — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:27:41 GMT

Looks like all Canon is offering is a "discount" on a new printer. I think I'm going with an Epson photo printer product instead. I hate that a perfectly good printer is deemed garbage because they want to sell you a new one rather than offer an upgrade to make it compatible with Catalina and beyond. But then, the computer manufacturers are doing the same to us.

I like the fact that Epson is making some "supertank" printers so at least the ink will be less expensive (EcoTank Photo ET-8500). Not so with the Pixma Pro series......

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

robnich — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:57:35 GMT

The Canon Pixma Pro9000 was introduced 14 years ago, in 2007. It was a wonderful printer and I owned and used it for about 10 years without problems. Unfortunately the driver no longer worked with the latest operating systems, including Windows 10 and the current MacOS. I wasn't happy with that fact and struggled for a while with using a version of the Windows 7 driver that some people online said worked but ultimately that didn't work either, so I adjusted to reality and got a new printer.

I got a Pixma Pro-100 which is a better printer and cost me only $141 after a $250 rebate from Canon and an $9 rebate for *Free* shipping (never understood why I got that) plus 50 sheets of 13x19 Canon Photo Paper! I was certainly lucky to get that incredible bargain.

Products are not supported forever. Even Windows 7, still used by more than 100 millon people, is no longer supported by Microsoft. All one can do is get a new printer. With luck Canon may reintroduce the generous rebates of the past before too long.

Robert N.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

Margaret3 — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:16:41 GMT

Thanks for this info! Will look at the Pixma Pro 100

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

robnich — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:46:35 GMT

I am afraid it is too late to get a Pro-100 at a reasonable price. It has been discontinued and replaced with the Pixma Pro-200. There are a few new Pro-100 printers available, but at stratospheric prices. The original list price was $399 but now outlets are asking up to $1000 or more for a new Pro-100. Amazon has one left at $887! Sorry about that. The Pro-200 lists for $599 and is likely to be an improvement over the Pro-100 but I have no experience with it.

Robert N.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

needshowfer — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:57:22 GMT

Thanks to robnich, Margaret3, and laiyeelee for responding to my query. My problem is solved, but you may not like my solution.

Long, long story (sort of) short ... I updated my MacOS from High Sierra to Big Sur because PhotoShop 5.3 did not support the camera raw files of my new Olympus camera. It would require a patch that required an updated MacOS. The Big Sur readme said Bridge would not be supported, but did NOT say PhotoShop would not be. Must have been an oversight, because PS 5.3 is not supported. I like PS 5.3 and don't want to go to the current subscription model PS.

I opted to recover to a backup, where Pixma Pro9000 and PS5.3 both work. The recovery was complicated by the fact that Apple had changed the file system between High Sierra and Big Sur so that the old backup files were not readable by the new recovery programs. Apple Level 1 support was no help, but Level 2 walked me through the process over approximately 8 hours of chat + phone time. So now I'm back at High Sierra, with a working printer.

PS 5.3 still can't read my camera raw files, but Olympus Workspace can. PS 5.3 can read Olympus Workspace's tiff exports, so I'm back in business. If your Mac came with an OS later than 10.13, or maybe 10.12, the easiest solution is robnich's - replace the printer.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

needshowfer — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 22:59:37 GMT

Thanks to robnich, Margaret3, and laiyeelee for responding to my query. My problem is solved, but you may not like my solution.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

needshowfer — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:01:23 GMT

@laiyeelee wrote:
Have you found the driver outside of Canon? I feel the same way about the priinter. I love it but no driver!?. Does anyne know why no dirver? What else can we (all printer owners) do?

Thanks to robnich, Margaret3, and laiyeelee for responding to my query. My problem is solved, but you may not like my solution.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

AZflowers — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:15:18 GMT

Hi All. My Pro 9000 still works great on my Windows 10 machine, but not on my Mac on Big Sur os. It's an Apple/Canon thing. Sooo disappointing. Adobe does the same thing with my Lightroom v. 5.7 and Photoshop CS 5.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

robnich — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:36:35 GMT

Which driver do you use with the Pro9000 on your Windows 10 machine? I never could find a Canon driver that worked with my Pro9000 so I replaced it with a Pixma Pro-100.

Robert N.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

AZflowers — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:53:40 GMT

Rob, tell me where to look for the driver info. Thanks

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

robnich — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 22:32:57 GMT

Settings/Devices/Printer & Scanners

You should see your Pro9000 drivers listed.

Re: Canon Pixma Pro 9000

AZflowers — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 22:47:13 GMT

OK. Well, under Print Driver Properties:

Driver Name: Canon Pro9000

Driver Type: Type 3 - User Mode

Driver Version: 2.23.2.20