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Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:39:15 GMT

Hi! I would like to know if there are updated drivers for the Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on the Mac OS Catalina? If not, can we be expecting one soon?

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:06:35 GMT

Unfortunately the answer is No to both your questions.

If you are in the US you could call Canon and ask about their loyalty program that provides a discount for new device to the owners of deviices that are no longer supported.

I don't know what the special pricing is. The Pro-100 frequenty goes on a special rebate sale where the printer nets out at around $120 or so.

There is a poster on the forum who claims that the Apple driver will allow the Pro-9000 to operate with Catalina with all the printer features, but when asked to post a screen shot that shows that there was no followup.

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:18:06 GMT

Actually, I found out late last night that you can run it directly through the Mac using Preferences and then Printers. All utilities are there when you attach the USB. I wasn't aware of this but I tested it and all utilities seem to function and it seems that access through Luminar is there.

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:20:15 GMT

Just read your entire response. I'll be happy to post a screenshot as soon as I can get back to my computer. But as long as you're attached with USB then go to Preferences and then Printers, you'll see it

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

shadowsports — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:22:55 GMT

Greetings,

No drivers for this printer since High Sierra 10.13.

Since drivers were not released for Mojave, I doubt you are going to see Catalina drivers for this device.

*Edit, if there is native support, then you lucked out.

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:27:12 GMT

@swg1619 wrote:
Just read your entire response. I'll be happy to post a screenshot as soon as I can get back to my computer. But as long as you're attached with USB then go to Preferences and then Printers, you'll see it

That would be great and would help others. Are you sure its not the AirPrint/Bonjour driver?

Can you also post screenshot of the Media selection part where it shows the Canon papers and associated ICC paper profiles?

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:36:19 GMT

I don't see a link or a way to post a photo or screen shot. But, just hook up your Canon Pro 9000 Mark II, or whichever model you have, turn it on, go to Preferences/Printers and your printer will be there, along with all the utilities. If you can tell me how to post a photo/screenshot, let me know

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:04:36 GMT

command-shift-5 will enable screenshot on Mac.

Here is mine:

I don't kave a Pro9000 any more; I have a Pro-100 which has a Catalina driver.

Can you reach the settings I am showing above?

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:13:38 GMT

Can you tell me how to then post that screenshot here? After capturing it

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:16:37 GMT

Click on the icon that looks like a picture. Choose screenshot from your desktop.

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swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:22:34 GMT

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swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:24:13 GMT

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swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:25:01 GMT

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swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:33:23 GMT

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:34:50 GMT

Paper preferences come up for me in the program I'm using, Luminar.

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:35:18 GMT

Thats great. Thank you. May be hope for Catalina users at least for that printer.

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:36:57 GMT

I actually found out after I posted it on Craigslist to sell it! Potential buyer told me about it. It was really nice of him to do that because he really wanted the printer, I "assume!"

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

jrhoffman75 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:01:24 GMT

One final question. Did you try printing?

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

swg1619 — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:54:56 GMT

Not yet. I'm out of a couple of inks, as one of my screenshots show, but I'm pretty sure that it won't be a problem. I tried a test page and it did go through but because I don't have all the ink, I couldn't complete it.

Re: Updating Canon Pro 9000 Mark II to run on Catalina

julius_s — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:48:01 GMT

Were you able to make prints? I had a similar experience up to this point - printer shows up and I can send data to it, however the colors are very far off. I'm currently printing with an older laptop that I haven't updated. Would love to hear your experience and if you were able to get good color.