Are printer drivers for Canon i9900 & MX860 available without installing the printer?

[Harry S Robins]

Today I saw two Canon printers at the thrift store but don't know how to
tell if the printer drivers will be automatically installed and supported
by Windows 10 update if I go back and get one of those two Canon printers.

Canon i9900
Canon MX860

I'd probably pick the printer with the most available supported drivers.
Without actually installing the printers, how can I tell?

[Ed Cryer]

I would first use Google for a search.
And I did just that.
Lots of sites have drivers for both printers, including;
https://tinyurl.com/25ggue6p
https://tinyurl.com/2c427pvv

Are the printers second-hand? If so, you need to check the hardware
before available software.
Are they going cheap? Cheap enough to justify paying for discontinued
products? That's a subjective decision.

Ed

[Jan K.]

W Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:20:27 +0000, Ed Cryer napisal:

> Lots of sites have drivers for both printers, including;
> https://tinyurl.com/25ggue6p
> https://tinyurl.com/2c427pvv

Why are you pointing the user to those viruses-R-us sites?

[Paul]

Why are you so pre-occupied ? Windows 10 has drivers
for stuff like this. It has an immense pile of drivers.

https://tinyurl.com/preview/25ggue6p

"https://tinyurl.com/25ggue6p

Redirects to:

https://www.driverscape.com/download/canon-i9900
"

https://tinyurl.com/preview/2c427pvv

"https://tinyurl.com/2c427pvv

Redirects to:

https://www.driverguide.com/driver/download/Canon-PIXMA-MX860
"

You can look on "catalog" for evidence.

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=canon-i9900

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=mx860

Someone ditched their i9900 in 2013 "because the inks were hard to find".
Also, replacement printheads are expensive. How expensive would they
be, ten years later ? This doesn't sound like a good deal particularly,
except as a Smithsonian project.

The Pixma 860 is from the year 2009.

https://www.cnet.com/reviews/canon-pixma-mx860-mx860-review/

Some people jettison printers after the teaser carts are empty,
and that might be a better printer to pick up. Especially if
the print head is part of the cart. New carts, cost as much
as a whole printer... which is the whole idea of the business model.

Most people would not even try to sell a teaser printer, because
it's not really worth a dollar to anyone.

The question boils down to "why are you buying material like this?".
Even new, it's not a good deal for small-volume printing. Will
you get your moneys worth from it ? Hard to say. It might be a
false economy.

If you are doing high volume printing, you find one of the
tank-based printers. At least that is designed for printing,
and is not a joke-in-a-box. A laser printer is an alternative.
Modern (polymer) toner does not have an infinite shelf life, which
also matters when "avoiding" the purchase of expired toner.
Even the old toner did not have an infinite shelf life, yet
it seemed to hold up pretty well.

Paul

[Harry S Robins]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:20:55 -0500, Paul wrote:

> Someone ditched their i9900 in 2013 "because the inks were hard to find".

Each comes with a huge box filled to the brim with unopened inks.

> You can look on "catalog" for evidence.

What's the next step after I have the Microsoft "CAB" file format?

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=i9900
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=911196f4-a4a2-478a-839e-b2023ff36420
Canon driver update for Canon Inkjet i9900
Last Modified: 7/21/2006
Size: 6.2 MB
UpdateID: 911196f4-a4a2-478a-839e-b2023ff36420
Company: Canon
Driver Manufacturer: Canon
Driver Class: Printers
Driver Model: Canon Inkjet i9900
Driver Provider: Canon
Version: 6.1.7333.0
Version Date: 7/21/2006
Canon driver update for Canon Inkjet i9900
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1 and later drivers,
Windows Server 2012 R2 and later drivers
Drivers (Printers), 7/20/2006, n/a, 6.2 MB
911196f4-a4a2-478a-839e-b2023ff36420
Canon driver update for Canon Inkjet i9900
https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2012/08/200000012_5eeb1ef29faebb227c460cc7e8b2185cb3fc2f46.cab
Name: 200000012_5eeb1ef29faebb227c460cc7e8b2185cb3fc2f46.cab
Size: 6513422 bytes (6360 KiB)
SHA256: BD9BAE2B6E6F63B8CDC53FC89EFB7E1993B524129E41F6705A38709904831D10

http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=mx860
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=ba15a2e6-e213-42a7-a9bc-deebb2f1b483
Canon - Printers - Canon MX860 series Printer
Last Modified: 5/26/2009
Size: 15.5 MB
UpdateID: ba15a2e6-e213-42a7-a9bc-deebb2f1b483
Company: Canon Inc.
Driver Manufacturer: Canon
Driver Class: Printers
Driver Model: Canon MX860 series Printer
Driver Provider: Canon
Version: 2.27.2.10
Version Date: 5/26/2009
Canon - Printers - Canon MX860 series Printer
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and later drivers
Drivers (Printers) 5/25/2009 n/a 16.0 MB
9ea5d053-46bd-41fe-b4c7-f754e02d685d
https://catalog.s.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/driver/drvs/2013/01/20276028_58f879d391811bfdf9f5935b4405b0790b601da8.cab
Canon - Printers - Canon MX860 series Printer
Name: 20276028_58f879d391811bfdf9f5935b4405b0790b601da8.cab
Size: 16739941 bytes (15 MiB)
SHA256: 6DBBA45D4812E2902E92D704F72AE49034DE29CAAE6B8EB8D68EBA4ADC955A29

[Paul]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-install-cab-file-in-windows-10/8b0140f8-ff43-4e5a-a34a-71c47ca688f0

administrative Command Prompt.

dism /online /add-package /packagepath:"C:\users\username\downloads\some.cab"

I do not know what to do, when one of the catalog entries has a massive
number of cabs :-) There will always be something in that bloody Catalog
thing, that is a complete mystery. My speed is more the downloading of .msu
which is the self installer. When the .msu won't install, it might mean
a servicing stack update (SSU) is missing on the system. Googling the
KB number perhaps, along with Servicing Stack Update as keywords, may
uncover an article where someone identifies the thing needed.

Since DISM did not always exist on the OS, there is some other recipe
for older OSes and CAB files.

Paul

[Tim Slattery]

Have you checked the Canon site for those drivers? They will very
likely be there.

--
Tim Slattery
timslattery <at> utexas <dot> edu