@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.
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 Margaret3's and robnich's - replace the printer.
