Can I get a PC driver for my old Canon printer?
Q I have a Canon MP600 printer, but Canon stopped updating the driver for this model many years ago. It’s a shame because it’s one of the best printers ever made, in my opinion. My current PC is a Dell Inspiron 3671, and I’ve just installed Windows 11. Is there some way around this conundrum to access a driver for this printer model? David Phillip
A It’s a shame when companies stop supporting products that would otherwise still work perfectly well. However, this particular printer is 17 years old, so it’s not surprising that Canon is no longer interested in creating drivers for the latest operating systems. In fact, the most recent driver for this model was released in 2009, for Windows 7. That can still be downloaded from the Canon website, at www.snipca. com/45218.
Whether or not it’ll work reliably in Windows 11 is impossible for us to say, as we don’t have an MP600 printer to test it with. However, we did successfully install the driver using the compatibility mode feature of Windows – so you can try the same, then see if it works with your printer.
First, right-click the downloaded driver file (mp600win64111ea23.exe) and choose Properties (see screenshot 1
Next, in the Properties menu that appears, click to select the Compatibility tab. Then, under ‘Compatibility mode’, tick the box labelled ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’ and then open the dropdown menu below and choose ).
Windows 7 2 . Click OK and then double-click the mp600win64111ea23. exe file to install the driver.
Whether the driver will work with all aspects of your printer we cannot say, but feel free to get back in touch to let us know.