A user is attempting to "reset" the printer using service tools to clear error codes like (waste ink counter full). Common Issues and Drivers

But in most cases, a clean driver reinstall and a reboot will banish to the annals of Windows history—and get you back to printing.

A: Yes. The scanner function also relies on the correct Canon driver. The generic USBPRINT driver does not support scanning.

USBPRINT is a Microsoft Windows kernel-mode driver that supports USB printer devices. When you connect a printer via USB, Windows does not magically know what printer it is. Instead, it first identifies the connection protocol. USBPRINT tells the operating system: "This is a printer connected via the Universal Serial Bus."

Open Device Manager ( devmgmt.msc ). If usbprint canondevicef144 sits under with a yellow exclamation mark, Windows knows what the hardware is (a Canon printer) but has no driver for it. You cannot print until a proper driver is installed.

He sent a test page. He watched the server logs scroll text.