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Mac OSX USB printer problem

Firebeast

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OK i just bought the Canon IP4500 usb printer and installed it on the mac following hte instructions to the letter.

No printer is found and i cannot add it in the Printer list, cause theres no option for USB printer installation, only Appletalk, Bluetooth, and Windows Printing.

I have downloaded the latest drivers etc... but no luck :banghead:

As it is i dont like macs but now with a simple thing as this i dislike them even more.

Last resort is trying installing the printer on a Vista pc and see if it works, if it does then the mac is up to shit, if it does not install then the printer is up to shit.

Anyone had a similar problem maybe and how did you overcome it?
 

Firebeast

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Joined
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144 (0.02/day)
Location
Cape Town
System Name Beast on Fire
Processor AMD 6400 Black Edition AM2 X2
Motherboard Asus M3A
Cooling 2xExhaust Fans, 2xIntake Fans, 1xSide fan
Memory Eusso 3Gig
Video Card(s) Chaintech Geforce 9600GT 512mb
Storage 4x Sata2
Display(s) LG 19inch
Case Black with funky stuff
Audio Device(s) Creative Audigy 4
Power Supply AOpen 500W
Software Win X64 Edition
Benchmark Scores None yet
OK dont worry lads i figured it out. I installed the printer on both a pc and the mac now, it seems the extension usb cable i have is a usb 1.1 cable and not usb 2.0 one so that is why neither hte pc and mac did not pick it up.

SO for future reference buy the correct extension cables if you need to extend the usb cable.
 
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