The Canon i-sensys LBP 2900 is a fantastic laser printer, but Canon doesn't offer a strong support for Linux and Mac OS X.
In this article I'll show you how to use the Canon LBP 2900 with Mac OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) on a Mac mini.
If you want to install the driver on a Linux box with Ubuntu you can see this article.
The procedure is very simple:
- download this zip file CAPT.zip from boolet.free.fr
- open the Library/Printers/Canon folder
- Rename the CAPT folder, if it exists, in CAPT_OLD
- Move the downloaded folder here
- Reboot your Mac
- Install the latest drivers for the Canon devices from http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0028785.asp?model=
- Reboot your Mac
- Now try to use your printer
Please let me know if this procedure works fine on your mac (OS version and Mac model)
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Gg1.
Thanks a lot for the short tutorial.
it worked a treat in snow leopard 64bit.
just forgot to mention my mac model — its a core i7 hackintosh.
thanks again
Thank you very much for this clarification
Nice guide! Worked like a charm
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i tried to to all this but failed
…it did not add the driver.
then i went and checked the folder and saw that the 2900 file is a document whereas the other models show as unix executable file..is that the problem
pls helllllllllp
Sweet! Thanks a lot gg1. You're a God sent.
– It works perfectly for my lbp2900 and 10.6.4
No, I'm not a God. I only bought a printer that didn't work and now it works fine.
Unfortunately the "latest driver" link in OP's post goes to a 2008 driver which was last updated in 2008. I downloaded it, but the disc image won't open on my computer (a MacBook Pro running 10.6.4). Instead I get an error message "not recognised".
Any suggestions?
I don't know what is the problem, I'll try to download the driver as soon as possible, to see if it works again.
Please try to download it again. Maybe there was a data corruption.
I've just downloaded the driver, and I 've opened it with PowerISO on Windows Vista without any problems.
I can only reccomend to do a new download.
In the end I managed it. The trick was that the latest Canon drivers are NOT located on that European site. They are instead on the Japanese Canon site:
http://cweb.canon.jp/drv-upd/lasershot/captu-intelmac.html
Scroll down to find the download link. It's all in Japanese which is a bit scary, but actually not too difficult.
Thanks again to the OP for this.
Tony
Thank you very much!!!
It WORKED on Mac OS X 10.6.6, MacBook Pro.
One note here, it just happened to me that I had the CANON_CAPT_V170_EN.dmg already installed prior finding your instructions and decided to download the CAPT.zip, put the CAPT folder in the library, reboot and test… and I do print now!
Thanks pal.
It worked gr8 on my MacBook with Moc OS X 10.6.7
Hi – the capt.zip file isn't available now from boolet.free.fr – do you have a copy or an alternative download link please? & does this file have a number of supported capt printers please?
Thanks
@Chris Hand, take a look at the comment written by "tony p". The capt for Mac OS X is there…
Hi, i can't download the CAPT.zip file. I clicked the link but it says document not found. Where else can i download the CAPT.zip file?
Thanks.
I downloaded both files and rebooted my mac but still can't see Canon LBP2900 in the list of printers when i want to print. Could you tell me what i am missing?
Thanks
@Herman
I'm sorry,
I don't have Snow Leopard anymore, I can't help you.