PIXMA PRO-200 Driver Installation

[PenandInk]

Hi there. New home printer and in need of some help.

I installed my Canon Pro 200 yesterday and can printer through wifi on my Mac. I installed the printer using the paper guide, but I am really unsure if I have installed the 'driver'.

For example, when I'm unclear how I access the page shown in this guide. https://ij.manual.canon/ij/webmanual/PrinterDriver/W/PRO-200%20series/1.0/EN/PPG/dg-c_color_correcti... 

Please can you advise how I check if the driver is installed or not?

I have also installed the 'professional print and layout' software and can print from this. I intend to print my illustrations onto greeting cards, A4 matte paper. Would you recommend printing direction from PPL or from photoshop? I suspect I will need to do some colour calibration as part of my workflow as my designs are created in procreate.

Thank you!

Holly

[jrhoffman75]

Depending on your version of macOS select System Settings or System Preferences. Then select Printers & Scanners. Do you see your printer called IJ Series?

I don’t understand your question about the link. When I select it I see the printer manual. 

[PenandInk]

Hi there. Thank you so much for the quick reply.

When I click on Printers and Scanners, it says 'Canon Pro 200' and if I click on that it says the driver is 24.30.0.0

The article has a screen shot of a 'canon printing preferences' pop up - I don't know how to access this and wondered if it was related to the driver.

[jrhoffman75]

That is the correct driver for full printer capability.

The link you posted is for the Windows version of te printer installation.

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Move back one selection where it says "Printing From Your Computer and select macOS.

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[PenandInk]

Ah thank you so much, this makes perfect sense and I didn’t realise I was looking at the ‘windows’ version.

Almost related, but do you know how I add a new ICC profile to the printer for non canon paper? I’ve downloaded it to the Mac but I’m not sure how I use it. Is it in the driver settings or can I add directly in PPL?

[jrhoffman75]

Video Guide to Install ICC Color Profiles Mac OS (redrivercatalog.com)

[PenandInk]

Thank you. I have watched the video and downloaded the ICC profile as per the instruction.

In the PPL I have selected ‘Color Mode’ as ‘use ICC profile’ and then under ‘Printer Profile’ I have selected the ICC profile. Under Media Type, the options are canon papers - is this okay or do I need to change anything here?

[jrhoffman75]

The printer only "understands" Canon paper media types. When you use a third party paper they will tell you what Canon media type to select when printing with their paper and ICC profiles.