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Individual Drivers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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