Canon Pixma Pro 9000

[Margaret3]

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

[Margaret3]

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

[robnich]

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.

[needshowfer]

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.

[needshowfer]

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.

[needshowfer]

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@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?

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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.

[AZflowers]

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.

[robnich]

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.

[AZflowers]

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

[robnich]

Settings/Devices/Printer & Scanners

You should see your Pro9000 drivers listed.

[AZflowers]

OK. Well, under Print Driver Properties:

Driver Name:      Canon Pro9000

Driver Type:        Type 3 - User Mode

Driver Version:    2.23.2.20