Canon R40 Driver Windows 10

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Lakia Throssell

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Aug 3, 2024, 4:40:40 PM8/3/24

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Recently purchased and set up a Pro-1000. I was able to connect to the Wi-Fi network through the printer itself, and Windows can find my printer. I can also find the printer when I go through the setup wizard.

This appears to work, for now. I'm in a bit of a conundrum because now I have this Canon printer but now hate Canon with a fiery passion. I believe there may be some issues with their driver signatures that cause installation errors on some Windows configurations.

You have to install the software before hooking the printer up to the computer.....had the same problem with another canon printer. Delete any instances in the settings area. Then install the drivers, etc. the software will tell you when to turn on the printer. Make sure the printer is not on while you are installing the software, otherwise windows will find it and install it's own version.

Thanks but I'm not sure if that's possible. The installer requries the printer to be on and connected, because one of the early steps in the installer is to select your printer from the list of available/connected printers.

I was able to reach Canon by phone today. They said this is a known issue and they do not have a fix for it. They blamed it on Windows, but I have had no issues installing any other software or drivers on this machine. They said it's a Windows issue that can crop up with any Canon printer driver.

It's possible, although checking Canon's driver signature with DigiCert shows that one of the signatures expired in Feb 2020. It additionally throws a warning that the signature doesn't contain a timestamp.

I have run into an interesting issue that I cannot seem to find an easy way around. The issue is that a User is wanting a Canon MX920 to work with RDS Printer Redirection and there is no current driver in Windows Update that supports the MX900 Series.

Do you guys have any ideas how to get the drivers installed or make it work? The funny part about this entire thing is that this same printer successfully redirects during an RDP session on a Mac because they use a generic driver instead of all the windows crapware drivers with useless features. I would normally just hook up the printer to install the drivers and be done with it but the remote worker is located in another state.

Thanks for the Quick Reply! Unfortunately the Server in Question is running 2008 R2. I checked around to see if there is a Type 3 Driver with the same name, but unfortunately there is not. I am going to resort to installing all of the MX Series Drivers and hoping one works.