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According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).

Thanks for any help!

Kurt Youngmann

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“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

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I still like our Brother MFC-L3770CDW Laser. Initial cost might be considered high but?
in five years, aside from a cover, we have spent nothing. Continues to work with my
mid year 2010 MacBook Pro and the wife’s brand new iPhone Pro Max. We don’t print
a lot, still using the original toners, with black nearing empty.?

Bob

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On Jan 21, 2025, at 8:01 AM, kurt youngmann via <tgobbi@...> wrote:

According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).

Thanks for any help!

Kurt Youngmann

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“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

Sight unseen - no, you're not. As I was just reminded, we learned to use computers when it was hard. Punch cards, floppy disks, paper tape, and even harder - some of us had to use Selectric typewriters.

Sorry I can't recommend a printer because my wonderful ten-year-old $59 Samsung laser, which is still chugging away, has been discontinued. But you want a cheap laser and you want to refill it with cartridges from Amazon.

Barbara

On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 10:01:26 AM EST, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:


According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).

Thanks for any help!

Kurt Youngmann

***

“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

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I have an old Canon MG2922 (2010?) connected to 2 MBAs, one 2015 (Big Sur) and the other a 2020 M1 (Sequoia). Canon supports this printer on System 9 through Sequoia, to date.?

I saw the same message, but I think it said “may” be incompatible in the future. In any event, I will keep using it until either it dies or becomes no longer supported. At the rate Canon supports its printers, I think that will be for a long time yet.?

What computer/OS are you using? What model is your Canon printer?

My needs are like yours, B/W printing on rare occasions. If I were to have to replace this printer, I’d go with a Brother laser. Reliable, inexpensive, easy to maintain, long-term support.

Jerry

On Jan 21, 2025, at 7:01?AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:

According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).

Thanks for any help!

Kurt Youngmann

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“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

Kurt Youngmann,
One question, resulting from my own 40 years of being a Mac user, is “Whose software update will make your Canon printer become incompatible?” If it is Canon’s software, it is not YOUR problem unless you install it. If it is the next MacOS update that renders your Canon printer obsolete, it is not your problem unless you install it. If your printer is working to your satisfaction, your question is whether losing it is worth whichever “update” you decide to install.

I suspect it is a “scare tactic” used by Canon to get you to buy a new Canon printer. Apple usually does not warn the users of the many different brands of peripherals that they are about to make their equipment obsolete. Also, how many companies are going to warn you about another company’s software causing you a problem with their product you bought?

CR
 

ah yes, don't think my kids could type on the selectric typwriter...?
 

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I forgot to ask Canon said would be the issue, incompatible is an awfully big bailiwick. Is it going from 32-bit to 64-bit or what?

In 2009 I needed a new printer. I had an Apple branded HP laserwriter, about 15 years old and high mileage by the previous owner, Disney Studios. Built like a tank, and a mechanical part finally broke that I could not source.?

So I bought a HP LaserJet P1006. Turns out that was one of the periods when HP dropped all Mac support and drivers. It took a little experimentation, but I figured out the install sequence of the old driver and which files to drop. About 12-18 months later, they released an updated driver. But I had already figure it out.?

I also have two unsupported scanners, a flat bed and a auto feed. The drivers no longer function, so I just use Image Capture, years after support was dropped.

There are generic drivers for both printers and scanners, you just have to look, and maybe buy them.


Brent ?

On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?

On Jan 21, 2025, at 11:25 AM, Jerald Levinson via <levinson@...> wrote:

I have an old Canon MG2922 (2010?) connected to 2 MBAs, one 2015 (Big Sur) and the other a 2020 M1 (Sequoia). Canon supports this printer on System 9 through Sequoia, to date.?

I saw the same message, but I think it said “may” be incompatible in the future. In any event, I will keep using it until either it dies or becomes no longer supported. At the rate Canon supports its printers, I think that will be for a long time yet.?

What computer/OS are you using? What model is your Canon printer?

My needs are like yours, B/W printing on rare occasions. If I were to have to replace this printer, I’d go with a Brother laser. Reliable, inexpensive, easy to maintain, long-term support.

Jerry

On Jan 21, 2025, at 7:01?AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:

According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing. (I’m an old man with limited technical savvy).

Thanks for any help!

Kurt Youngmann

***

“We may have all come?on different ships, but?we're in the same boat?now.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

On Jan 21, 2025, at 7:01 AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:

According to a notice from Canon, my printer will be incompatible with the next software update. I’m hoping someone has a suggestion regarding what I should consider for a replacement. My needs are very simple: I print only in black & white & have almost no other uses than printing.

Which Canon model do you have?

Does that model support AirPrint?

Do you need a printer that connects to your computer wirelessly?

If worse came to worse, instead of having to purchase an entire new printer, you could just purchase a commercial driver for your printer:

Printfab ($49)



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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice

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