Canon printer driver issues
in Computer Peripherals ·
Peter Robinson18 said:Hey everyone!
So, I went out and bought a cable for my Canon MP540 today (since the geniuses who made this thing didn't bother including one in the box).
The thing is, once I get through the driver installation wizard to the part where I'm supposed to plug the printer into the computer, nothing happens. The PC just won't talk to it. I get this pop-up saying new hardware was found and drivers were installed successfully, but obviously, that's useless if there's zero communication between the machine and the PC. I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2.
Any help would be appreciated!
I actually just set up the exact same printer/all-in-one yesterday.
Installation went smooth as silk for me. I just followed the manual step-by-step. Honestly? Try starting the whole installation process over from scratch. And don't forget—before you even touch that installation CD, make sure the printer is turned off and the USB isn't plugged into the PC yet. You aren't supposed to turn the printer on until the "wizard"
actually tells you to connect the USB cable.
If the PC still doesn't see it after that, you might have a dead USB port on your rig. Like I said, everything worked fine for me on
Windows XP SP2.