#Canon drivers mp640 update#
#Canon drivers mp640 windows#

Use the machine over a wireless or wired conection.' 'Network connection - this is the recommended installation when you use the machine on a computer connected to a network.

USB Connection - 'this is the recommended installation when you use the machine on single computer which is not networked.'Дў. of the 'Getting started' manual: 'Select Connection Method'ДЎ.

It, too, made no reference to a USB cable at any stage. How did I set it up? I followed the manual's Step-by-Step guide to setting up the MP640 for wireless use. *PIXMA MP640 All-in-One printer, Setup CD-ROM and printed documents, 5 Canon genuine ink tanks, CD-R tray, CD-R adaptor, print head, paper for print head alignment, power cord and 12 month warranty card* A tad strange if a USB cable is vital to getting the printer up and running. The Canon website which spruiks this printer also makes no mention of a USB cable being included. The bit on the printer box where it lists items inside makes no mention of a USB cable. (Bought new from an official retailer and it came in a sealed box). Perhaps you're looking at a different MP640 manual? Or the USB connection section by mistake?Д¬anon Australia did not supply a USB cable with the MP640 printer I bought. 'clearly state' and 'must' (underlined and bolded), not to mention the dog's dick on the end of your sentence! Thank you for pitching in to help, though your tone is quite forceful. I bought the MP640 for its wireless capabilities. I have not tried printing via ethernet or a usb. So far, after six hours of ownership I've managed to print not even one single page. It stares at me like I'm a doofus who doesn't know the club's new secret handshake. You see, the print queue changes from 'idle' to 'in use', and the job says 'printing' in the queue, but it just sits there forever. I can even send a print job to it via word and various other programs. I can even see it in the list of printers via system prefs / print and fax / add printer. I can scan with the MP640 and have it deliver the image back to my MB wirelessly. I've downloaded the latest drivers from the canon site (though their phrasing makes it hard to know what's needed: 'download this one if you already had a LAN'). I want to be able to store it somewhere central and hidden from view in my house.Дid anybody find a workable solution for this? I have a MAcbook and macbook pro, both on Snow Leopard, and neither will print to the Pixma MP640 wirelessly. I can connect the printer via USB and share it on the network, but this kind of defeats the purpose of buying a wifi enabled printer.

#Canon drivers mp640 windows#

Furthermore, I have two Windows PCs in the house that continue to be able to print to the MP640 without having any issues at all. My MP640 is located about 20 feet away from my Time Capsule, so wireless signal isn't an issue. Now, it won't appear at all, OR, it will appear briefly (for a second or two), and then vanish. It used to take several seconds to appear. If I go to the 'add printer' dialogue box on any of the Macs, the MP640 won't appear. I have tried downloading the most recent drivers from Canon, but the Canon Network tool can't even find my printer on the network. Everything was working fine until I did this.

#Canon drivers mp640 update#

My problems started when I installed the most recent Airport Client Update (2009-002) via Software Update. Two of the Macs use wifi to connect to my network, and the other is plugged in via ethernet cable. All three have Snow Leopard installed, and all three were printing to the MP640 over the network with no issues until very recently.