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OMG Canon Fix it!

Dark FlameDark Flame
edited May 2013 in Vent
So for the past couple of days I have been trying desperately to get all the drivers for my multi-functional printer. In order to actually use it as I would like... Unfortunately I have no idea where the disk that came with the printer is... so I have to use the website... <br><br>Usually... you can find all the drivers in a zip file that acts just like the CD... not with Canon... their website is so disorganized... all the drivers are like separate... in no organized manner. I managed to find the printer drivers after some time searching... but for the life of me I cannot find the scanner drivers... <br><br>Why can't they just make it simple... well that's the last time I buy a canon printer, no matter how cheap it is... their site is one of the worst sites I have ever used... being a web development student, and testing many different websites I know what a bad website is... <br><br>With wanting to go into usability of websites (making them user efficient and making it easy for people to use), it annoys me more than it probably should... <br><br>End of rant
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Comments

  • Dark FlameDark Flame
    80.42.207.81
    Finally! But took long enough to find what I wanted, only thanks to the US site... can Europe not get it right anymore? come on Canon get it fixed!
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  • PaperWingsPaperWings
    90.220.130.178
    My printer I can log into it via an IP address in the browser >.> Can scan things through it etc. Then again mine is HP =p
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  • Dark FlameDark Flame
    80.42.207.81
    PaperWings wrote:
    My printer I can log into it via an IP address in the browser >.> Can scan things through it etc. Then again mine is HP =p
    <br><br>HP are the best for customer support and such... the main thing was that it was really disorganized and I couldn't even find what I was looking for because it was the most disorganized thing ever, and then right in the middle of searching it kept crashing, to finally say "we are undergoing maintenance, Thank you for your patience" at that point I had no patience LOL... go straight to the american site, find it within a couple of seconds, and it works... stupid people should just have one site preferably the american one
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  • PaperWingsPaperWings
    90.220.130.178
    Sounds like the Wacom site, I used to have to use an international website instead of the UK one >.>
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  • Dark FlameDark Flame
    80.42.207.81
    Haha yea I remember the Wacom site from when i had my bamboo tablet... not the best site ever, but I really want one of their expensive tablets :( cannot afford it... and to top it all off I have to go doctors tomorrow cause my under the ear bit hurts (dont know how to describe it)
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  • TriannaTrianna
    67.247.136.161
    I've never had this problem, but when I plug something new into my laptop it just automatically searches for and installs the drivers XD
    (SPIDERS!)
  • Dark FlameDark Flame
    82.132.244.19
    Trianna wrote:
    I've never had this problem, but when I plug something new into my laptop it just automatically searches for and installs the drivers XD
    <br><br>It normally does but certain things that come with CDs you have to physically find the drivers as they are contained on the CD... real pain when you loose said CD lol
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  • PaperWingsPaperWings
    82.132.228.9
    Yeah printers normally need drivers to use all features. Some can plug and play but you won't get everything working. Mine would sometimes be picked up by the wizard on windows, but not always! I know I've the CD in a box .... Somewhere! Lol<br><br>Sometimes if you just Google the brand and model with 'driver'on the end you can get sites that host that driver for the version of windows you want.<br><br>My phone actually will offer the driver file to install onto a new pc I plug into xD -pets phone-
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  • Dark FlameDark Flame
    88.106.28.25
    PaperWings wrote:
    Yeah printers normally need drivers to use all features. Some can plug and play but you won't get everything working. Mine would sometimes be picked up by the wizard on windows, but not always! I know I've the CD in a box .... Somewhere! Lol<br><br>Sometimes if you just Google the brand and model with 'driver'on the end you can get sites that host that driver for the version of windows you want.<br><br>My phone actually will offer the driver file to install onto a new pc I plug into xD -pets phone-
    <br><br>my phone, external hard drive, nexus 7 tablet and all that no need to faff around with drivers they are all nice and offer them up... but printers nope, they are just evil, and probably don't have the capability to store drivers...
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