Jack Harry Teesdale <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to print
using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when trying to
download from the Canon website that the printer driver is not
compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Try letting Windows detect it and see if it finds drivers by itself.

Try loading the Windows 10 drivers and see if they work anyway.

Look for the closest printer that does have a W11 driver and see if that
will print to your printer.

Finally, last resort, see if it will accept a standard format like PCL or ESC/P2
(the spec doesn't say) and use a generic driver. It'll likely lose some features
with the generic driver.

Super last resort, it appears Gutenprint does support it. But there's no Windows version, so you'd need to set up a CUPS print server on a Linux
system (VM, WSL, Raspberry Pi, etc) to act as a converter.

Theo

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Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to print
using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when trying to
download from the Canon website that the printer driver is not
compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

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On 24 Jun 2025 17:02:42 +0100 (BST)
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Jack Harry Teesdale <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to
print using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when
trying to download from the Canon website that the printer driver
is not compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Try letting Windows detect it and see if it finds drivers by itself.

Try loading the Windows 10 drivers and see if they work anyway.

Look for the closest printer that does have a W11 driver and see if
that will print to your printer.

Finally, last resort, see if it will accept a standard format like
PCL or ESC/P2 (the spec doesn't say) and use a generic driver. It'll
likely lose some features with the generic driver.

Super last resort, it appears Gutenprint does support it. But
there's no Windows version, so you'd need to set up a CUPS print
server on a Linux system (VM, WSL, Raspberry Pi, etc) to act as a
converter.

Theo

Or just install Linus and get rid of Windows!

--
Davey.

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On 24/06/2025 17:02, Theo wrote:

Jack Harry Teesdale <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to print
using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when trying to
download from the Canon website that the printer driver is not
compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Try letting Windows detect it and see if it finds drivers by itself.

Thanks Theo, I tried that first but it couldn't detect it

Try loading the Windows 10 drivers and see if they work anyway.

Will try that when I can, I was in a hurry today had to use my old
laptop in the end!


Will try the rest when I have more time Cheers

Look for the closest printer that does have a W11 driver and see if that
will print to your printer.

Finally, last resort, see if it will accept a standard format like PCL or ESC/P2
(the spec doesn't say) and use a generic driver. It'll likely lose some features
with the generic driver.

Super last resort, it appears Gutenprint does support it. But there's no Windows version, so you'd need to set up a CUPS print server on a Linux system (VM, WSL, Raspberry Pi, etc) to act as a converter.

Theo

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:38:07 +0100
Davey <davey@example.invalid> wrote:

On 24 Jun 2025 17:02:42 +0100 (BST)
Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

Jack Harry Teesdale <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to
print using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when
trying to download from the Canon website that the printer driver
is not compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Try letting Windows detect it and see if it finds drivers by itself.

Try loading the Windows 10 drivers and see if they work anyway.

Look for the closest printer that does have a W11 driver and see if
that will print to your printer.

Finally, last resort, see if it will accept a standard format like
PCL or ESC/P2 (the spec doesn't say) and use a generic driver.
It'll likely lose some features with the generic driver.

Super last resort, it appears Gutenprint does support it. But
there's no Windows version, so you'd need to set up a CUPS print
server on a Linux system (VM, WSL, Raspberry Pi, etc) to act as a converter.

Theo

Or just install Linus and get rid of Windows!

Not everybody has that option. I've been mostly on Linux since around
2000, after being given a Red Hat (not RHEL) 5.2. But I've only been Windows-clear for the last couple of years, previously needing to run
some software and hardware on Windows.

My wife uses Windows, again for (old, non-professional) software which
only ever came in Windows versions. It's flaky enough as it is, so I'm
not even going to think about Wine.

We hit the driver problem more than ten years ago, when we bought a new (reconditioned) 64 bit computer which came with Win7 64 bit, the older
computer using Win7 32 bit.

The scanner didn't work, the driver not having been ported to 64 bits.
There was no workaround, TWAIN having gone with 64 bits, so my wife had
a new scanner, and I inherited the old one, which dated from 2000. It
still runs without trouble on sid.

We do still both use scanners, as we have some need for image capture
with accurate sizing and geometry, and a wobbly trapezium-shaped mobile
phone picture will not do. For some reason, among all the selfie-sticks
and other accessories for phones, there seems a distinct lack of
affordable rostrum-camera type jigs, for actually getting decent
pictures of documents.

--
Joe

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On 24/06/2025 17:02, Theo wrote:

Jack Harry Teesdale <noreply492000-medic@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to print
using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when trying to
download from the Canon website that the printer driver is not
compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Try letting Windows detect it and see if it finds drivers by itself.

Try loading the Windows 10 drivers and see if they work anyway.

Look for the closest printer that does have a W11 driver and see if that
will print to your printer.

Finally, last resort, see if it will accept a standard format like PCL or ESC/P2
(the spec doesn't say) and use a generic driver. It'll likely lose some features
with the generic driver.

Super last resort, it appears Gutenprint does support it. But there's no Windows version, so you'd need to set up a CUPS print server on a Linux system (VM, WSL, Raspberry Pi, etc) to act as a converter.

Or relegate the old Win10 box to a print server and share the Canon on that.

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Cheers,

John.

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On Tue, 6/24/2025 11:47 AM, Jack Harry Teesdale wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to print using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when trying to download from the Canon website that the printer driver is not compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Set the (W11 browser) download interface to

Version
Windows 10 (x64) (detected)

The choice at the bottom is

RECOMMENDED

File Name
MP495 series MP Driver Ver. 1.03 (Windows 10/10
x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64
/XP/XP x64)

Type
Drivers

Date
07.22.15 <=== this is a ten year old driver

File Size
16.74 MB

If you go to catalog.update.microsoft.com and enter MP495, there
is a set of files as well, but I suspect any more recent ones
will not be worth it.

*******

That means, an even older driver, was promoted to do Win10 duty.

It's similar to my HD6450 video card. AMD didn't have to do it,
but they generated one driver file for Windows 10, and I actually
used that to install W10 22H2 on crusty old equipment. If you find
just the right driver, sometimes it is amazing what eras
you can span with it.

Paul

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On 25/06/2025 03:20, Paul wrote:

On Tue, 6/24/2025 11:47 AM, Jack Harry Teesdale wrote:

Having recently bought a new Windows 11 laptop, when I tried to print using my Canon MP495 Pixma printer, I have discovered when trying to download from the Canon website that the printer driver is not compatible with W11!

Does anyone know of a work around for this situation?

Set the (W11 browser) download interface to

Version
Windows 10 (x64) (detected)

The choice at the bottom is

RECOMMENDED

File Name
MP495 series MP Driver Ver. 1.03 (Windows 10/10
x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64
/XP/XP x64)

Type
Drivers

Date
07.22.15 <=== this is a ten year old driver

File Size
16.74 MB

If you go to catalog.update.microsoft.com and enter MP495, there
is a set of files as well, but I suspect any more recent ones
will not be worth it.

*******

That means, an even older driver, was promoted to do Win10 duty.

It's similar to my HD6450 video card. AMD didn't have to do it,
but they generated one driver file for Windows 10, and I actually
used that to install W10 22H2 on crusty old equipment. If you find
just the right driver, sometimes it is amazing what eras
you can span with it.

Paul

Thanks Paul, I did most of that but although the printer was switched on
and connected to the laptop by USB, the printer was not detected by the
wizard.

When I have a bit more time I will explore further but the easiest thing
was to use my previous laptop as a stop gap to get the printing done.

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