i560 printer driver

My new win 7 machine will not work with my network i560 printer. I download and install driver update module but when i attempt to print win 7 gives error screens and askes me to select location of driver. In programs in controll panel the driver shows as installed but win 7 still does not work. works fine with all of my xp machines. Win 7 seems to be over designed. It tries to controll everything.

Steve

Hi Steve,

Did you download the Windows 7 drivers from this site (below)?

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...1&modelid=9282

If you select your OS from the dropdown box you should be able to download the latest drivers (which were relased only last month).

Yes I did several times. I downloaded driver and then executed. I ran directly. The add on module shows as running yet the win 7 computer can not add the network printer, can not find driver asks for me to brouse to driver location wants inf file. The printer works fine on all the xp machines. Is Microsoft going to come up with a back version to xp like they did for the business community? my experience so far win 7 very unreliable and querky. The default passwords all changed so networking is difficult. Three months now and new computer is still unreliable as soon as I solve one problem a new one pops up taking several days to fix. Win 7 does not like playing with xp computers. Or anything else for that matter.

For this I think Cannon is having a problem getting a driver to work. I see other people having the same problem. xp came with the basic drivers built in. Why can't win 7 be as good? The driver that loads is aomwin110ea23us.exe this is suposed to be the win 7 driver but does not work.

Steve

I have a i560 printer and it works just fine. I am running win7 Home edition 64 bit.

Did you download drivers from interet or from disc. If you can see what driver you are running the one on the current cannon website does not work on my machine. Per my previous I am using on home network not pluged in to machine

steve

Very frustrated with win 7 probably will never be able to trust this machine. One glitch or problem after another. Three xp machines work together just fine. thought a new laptop with 7-64 would be faster it isn't and it is full of problems. Thanks Microsoft

Steve

did several times does not work. When I have a bunch of time I am going to remove printer load old xp drivers then load add on we will se what this does. XP never had these problems it just worked.

steve

Steve, welcome to the forum! I see that you're somewhat unsatisfied with Windows 7. Drivers for older hardware can be a mess and a pain in the butt at times, but Kalario has the same printer and it works. But there is something else that I'd like to bring to your attention, if I may. It's not a matter of if Windows 7 "is good enough" to run older hardware, it's a matter of other companies not supplying 64 bit drivers for a lot of hardware. It also wasn't a matter of XP having the drivers. It's the hardware manufacturers that supply drivers. Windows does supply many drivers, but they can't possibly load every driver for every device by Windows Update, or in the case of Windows 7, the drivers don't always automatically install. There is a free VM from Sun, called Virtual Box, that you can setup and install XP within it. Then load your printer disc. But if one person can install it, you should be able to as well. Hopefully you'll get this resolved soon. Because if you don't, you'll be wanting to go back to XP. And the truth is, if you are unhappy with Windows 7, it would be better for you to go back to XP. But XP is only going to be supported for four more years, so that's something for you to think about. But I guarantee you that if one member can install it, so can I or you.

I appreciate your time. I have a i560 installed on my network. I use this to print from all my computers everything works fine. When I try to print from my new seven I get an error message no driver found. When I load the program from cannon it loads fine and says driver loaded successfully. In controll pannel under programs it shows the driver add on as running yet seven still can not access the printer. Perhaps because the machine that the printer is physically pluged in to is on XP. I can still print documents from the new Seven machine by sharing files and going to any of the machines that use the old reliable XP and printing from them. I previously had problems getting seven to join my existing network it wants to create a homegroup instead of joining a workgroup. In addition Seven has new default passwords and workgroup names so it does not like to play with XP machines. I was able to figure out how to rename my workgroup and open a new workgroup so the new seven machine could play with the others. It is funny to note that my $79 media player was able to access my network with no help all that I needed was my password. If you really enjoy spending a lot of time configuring computers seven is perfect. If you wust want to get your work done and go outside stay with XP.

No not fixed I have downloaded the driver but it does not work. The computer is pluged in to an xp machine and I am trying to access it over my wireless network. I can see the printer but error message says no driver on the network. This happens even after i downloaded and ran program with the new one month old driver. Programs shows add on module as loaded but can not acceess printer from the 7 machine. all other machines have no problem just the 7 machine.

Steve