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MP490 series CUPS Printer Driver Ver.16.10.0.0 (Mac)

File version: 16.10.0.0b

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Release date: 09 September 2021

This file is a printer driver for Canon IJ printers.

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macOS 10.12 (Sierra)
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MP490 series CUPS Printer Driver Ver. 11.7.1.0 (OS X 10.5/10.6)

File version: 11.7.1.0a

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Release date: 05 September 2017

This file is a printer driver for Canon IJ printers.

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Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
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ICA Driver Ver. 3.3.4 (OS X 10.6)

File version: 3.3.4a

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Release date: 25 August 2017

This driver is a scanner driver for Canon color image scanners.

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Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

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MP490 series MP Driver Ver. 1.05 (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP)

File version: 1.05

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Release date: 22 July 2015

This file is a driver for Canon IJ multifunction printers.

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Windows 10 (32-bit)
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MP490 series MP Driver Ver. 1.04 (Windows 2000)

File version: 1.04

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Release date: 22 October 2012

This file is a driver for Canon IJ multifunction printers.

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Windows 2000 (32-bit)

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MP490 series MP Driver Ver. 1.05 (Windows XP x64)

File version: 1.05

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Release date: 22 October 2012

This product is a driver for Canon IJ multifunction printers.

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Windows XP (64-bit)

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OSX Printer Driver

File version: 7.201

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Release date: 28 August 2009

The printer driver is necessary to print documents. These drivers must be installed to use the print features.

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Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
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MP490 series Scanner Driver Ver. 15.5.2a (Mac)

File version: 15.5.2c

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Release date: 21 September 2021

This file is a TWAIN-compliant scanner driver for Canon color image scanner.

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macOS 10.12 (Sierra)
OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)
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Linux Source file for ScanGear

File version: 1.4

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Release date: 12 January 2010

Allows compiling of ScanGear for Linux. Provided on no-support basis.

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Linux (32-bit)

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ScanGear for Linux

File version: 1.4

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Release date: 11 January 2010

Allows scanning in the Linux environment. Provided without warranty and on no-support basis (see EULA files included in download file) but has but tested and functioned correctly on Fedora 11 and open SUSE 11.1 (rpm installer) and Ubuntu 9.04 (debian installer). Requires 32bit version of OS.

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