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by x0x0 1203 days ago
Quick question -- do they keep the drivers updated for Mac?

Canon basically deprecated my perfectly working all-in-one laser + scanner by refusing to update the drivers for new MacOS versions.

edit: specifically, the scanner, esp the autofeed scanner bits

3 comments

I'm using a Mac and the default AirPrint drivers. Don't have any of the Brother software installed, even the scanner works perfectly through the native macOS settings.
Brother? No, they do not. Recently Airprint stopped working on our Brother printer. I have tried everything I can think of to fix it, including updating drivers, except... they no longer have mac drivers for our printer.
Do you mean AirPrint? That's printer-side functionality that explicitly doesn't depend on any drivers; that's literally its entire value proposition.
Sorry, yes, AirPrint stopped working. I know it is on the printer, but I was getting desperate after trying everything else and figured updating the drivers couldn’t hurt. Though, that did lead me to find a Brothers program that allows us to continue using the printer using a cable. Though it is an extremely barebones program. Everything has to be converted to a pdf before it can be printed.
I have been using a Brother b/w laser for approx. three years and have had zero issues or headaches. Just works.