12-12-2020 02:20 PM - edited 12-12-2020 02:22 PM
Hello everyone!
Well, I recently bought a PIXMA TS6420 despite some bad reviews on Amazon. I felt compelled to buying it because some users said that despite the bad reviews were somewhat true they had a very easy fix and after that was done the printer worked wonders.
Well, everything was working good, I followed the instructions and setup the printer up to the point where I installed the ink cartridges but when I got to the part where I needed to download the drivers to my laptop everything went south dramatically.
I have a 64 bit OS Windows 10 Home Alienware 17 Laptop. When I downloaded the .EXE file for the drivers and opened it, it gets through the 16 files that need to "verify and download" but then a warning pops up saying the following:
"Failed to acquire information on the Driver and Software. Check the Network Connection and try again".
I know my network connection is good, I have access to the internet. I even disabled my AV just to make sure it was not interfeering with the installation but I got the same results. I visited the Canon website, created my account and registered my product, and after I downloaded the .EXE file form the website and ran it, well, it gave me the same results.
I even tried connecting the printer to my laptop via a USB cable but it does not pop up on my devices, so, at this point I have become very frustrated because I cannot use the printer as I was expecting.
Would anyone be able to assist me with this or should I call Customer Support? The Canon website states that their product support crew only works weekdays and for me it is already the weekend.
02-23-2021 10:54 AM
Hi ABGCrazyman,
From the downloads page, please download and install the "MP Drivers" instead.
02-27-2021 08:45 PM
Hey Patrick:
Thanks for answering my question. It took a bit longer than I had anticipated, but still, thanks for the good intention.
I decided to try a few things here and there when I had the issue and after a couple of unsuccessful attempts, I finally hit home with one of them which resulted in the issue being fixed. What I did is unknown to me since I no longer recall what it was. Long story short, my printer is working good and I have not had any issues after that.
Once again, thanks for answering my question.
Cheers!
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