>Canon checks the status of the printer, which must be connected via USB.
And, i assume, turned on. Windows registry surely doesn't have a field for cartridge?
Again, are you saying that the printer driver has permissions to access network??
You do know that Apple uses CUPS? (except ipads,iphone, use airprint)
If you want to know MORE of what is happening.....
For web interface (run in terminal,, one time only)
sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes
Close terminal
webrowser,,.....localhost:631 (colon, not semi-colon)
click printer, try to...
Trouble shooting,, trouble shooting
To really see what is going on, try to print
a plain text, a heavily formated text, a jpg, a png, a pdf
What works, what doesn't
I get the impression that most of the troubles are printing pdfs,
Filter is gv, ghostview, ghostscript
anyway, it all goes thru...
You understand that mac uses CUPS (and now is lead) -common unix printing system?
The web interface (at least on linux) is localhost:631. Or, if that doesn't work,, 127.0.0.1:631 (in browser)
ppd's are stored in /etc/cups/ppd/ ,, about 15 lines down it will specify a filter
This is usually a...
In the manual, after you change head, there are a number of adjustments. Most of these require printing a specified file,
either to the maintanence driver or from a media card. Specifically,, head_calib.prn,, pfadj.prn,, exitadj.prn,, LF300adj.prn,,
mediaadj_[disk_]media11.prn(either will...
I have some experience with this. Brother are damn good printers, but the feed path, from bottom tray
and 180 make them not so good for thick paper. Many mfc, if you lift lid and press/hold stop/exit
will move head to center. So you can fold paper towel and place under head for the next step...