Canon i860 printer USB driver

Hello yong707,

I did a check on the on our site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/com...i860&os=32-bit

It should be compatible for both 32bit OS and 64bit OS.

Thanks again,

John M
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Thank you.
But only for Canon i860 printers using parallel & Serial ports.
NOT for connecting this printer using USB port.
For some reason, they forgot or omitted connecting this Canon i860 using USB port.
However, they fix this problem in the Vista driver and allow i860 printer to use the USB port.

Young707, I am actually running win 7 home edition, and I have my cannon i860 connected via USB and is working just fine.

Why don't you try what Nibiru suggested doing.

FC - basically that statement is true to some extent. However, one really needs to install the specific drivers for the motherboard and it's associated on-board chips. Such as Intel or AMD chipset drivers, on-board sound such as Realtek, NIC or LAN drivers, on-board video drivers, etc.

The chipset makers drivers are far superior to anything supplied by Microsoft and if MS does have a certain hardware driver many times it will be over several months to a year or more out of date.

One should never rely on MS to be the sole provider of hardware drivers.

Well then, USE THE VISTA DRIVER!! Nearly all Vista drivers are compatible in Windows 7 so try it and see.

Don't get me wrong here... but you're really stubborn about all of this and we've all given you suggestions, comments, and help; yet you are keeping the "blinders on" so to speak and not seeing the forest for the trees!

Have you TRIED anything that's been suggested?

Are you WILLING to try, it wouldn't hurt now would it?

Young707

We are trying hard to help you here, but you need to at least try some of the suggestions and let us know.

This way if someone else has the same issue, they could benefit if we get a resolution.

Let us know how you do.

Cheers

OK. Please explain more. I should install the Canon i860 Vista drivers using the Vista compatiable mode correct? Thanks.

Just install the drivers and you should be okay. Have you tried installing them yet?

Vista compatible mode should not be necessary.

This Canon Win 7 driver aomwin110ea23us.exe ver 1.10 3-12-2010 in Canon web site does NOT allow USB port.

I thought you were going to install the Vista driver?

Maybe you need put down whatever it is you're smoking in your avatar photo... LOL!

Hasta La Vista...