PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II Trouble Setting Up on Windows 10

[Sue8]

Hello. I am hoping someone might be able to help. I just purchased a slightly used pixma pro 9000 mark ii. I have spent a long time trying to connect it to my PC, which uses Windows 10 Pro. I tried with the disk that came with the printer as well as downloading the drivers from the Canon website. I have uninstalled and re-tried several times. I have tried drivers for Windows 8.1 but that did not work either. I have turned it off and on, changed USB cables, etc. but nothing works. It does say, "Printer detected...please wait...etc." at first but eventually says, "not detected..check connection..." Any suggestions? One person on a forum said it worked only when he switched to a very short 6" USB cable. Could this be the problem?

Thank you!

[Geordie]

I have same problem unfortunately my laptop does not work either. Yeesh. I have used it with Linux before. The admin is right that putting old os on your PC is a security vulnerablitliy. However of you have an old PC you can dedicate to being a print server you can set that up solely for printing and share the printer on the network then you can print with your phone or new devices. That is what I plan to do once I get this f^$!ing thing working

[Geordie]

Btw Linux is secure free and lightweight but if the PC is solely a print server it shouldn't be a big deal to run windows 7 not Vista or xp though. Correct me if I'm wrong admin. 

[Geordie]

Or wait you had it working with 10 just share it with the windows 10 PC and you're done that PC needs to be connected to it all the time though.