Canon re-affirm its presence as the ruler of inkjet printers in the country. Although Canon controls the singelfunction inkjet printer segment, the vendor is still seriously working on the multifunction printer market share, by launching its best multifunctional printer line.
Two of the multifunction printers are, Pixma MP496 and MP276. Both are high quality printing devices, but are priced quite affordable for multifunction printer classes.
Both of these printers are embedded with the latest software in the form of Auto Photo Fix II, Easy WebPrint Ex and MP Navigator EX software. These three software are used to support a print resolution of 4800x1200 dpi and a scanning resolution of 1200x2400 dpi. This quality, still coupled with Fine technology that makes ink granules to be super fine 2-picolitre.
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| Canon PIXMA MP496 |
Regarding print speed performance, both printers carry the power of 1472-nozzle printerheads, so that even in standard settings for 4x6 photo sizes, it can be done at 43 seconds at MP496 and 45 seconds MP276. This of course, makes this Canon printer capable of printing quickly and of the right quality.
In addition, Canon installed a 1.8-inch color LCD screen and memory card slot that can be used for direct printing of the slot. Meanwhile, the quick start feature is retained in this printer. Through this feature, users can immediately operate the printer in less than 5 seconds. Especially with the support of the Self opening paper output feature, which can help prevent paper jams and waste of ink.
Download Driver Canon PIXMA MP496 Driver For Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Mac. Find complete driver functionality and installation software for Canon IR 2020i printer.
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MP496 series MP Driver (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 1.03 27 MB
MP496 series MP Driver (Windows XP x64) 1.03 17 MB
MP496 series XPS Printer Driver (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64) 5.56 22 MB
My Printer (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 3.3.0 5.6 MB Download
Easy-WebPrint EX (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 1.7.0 15 MB Download
Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 4.7.0 58 MB
My Image Garden (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64) 3.5.0 294 MB Download
My Image Garden (Windows XP (32-bit) 3.3.1 293 MB
Quick Menu (Windows XP (32-bit) 2.6.1 9.2 MB
Quick Menu (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64) 2.7.0 9.1 MB Download
Easy-WebPrint EX (Windows XP x64) 1.7.0 15 MB
Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Windows XP x64) 4.7.0 58 MB
Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 4.5.0 58 MB
MP Navigator EX (Windows 10/10 x64/8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 4.03 48 MB Download
Solution Menu EX (Windows XP x64) 1.4.1 9.6 MB
Solution Menu EX (Windows 8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP) 1.4.1 9.6 MB Download
Windows Adobe RGB 1998 Installer Program (Windows 8.1/8.1 x64/8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP/XP x64/2000/Me) 1.4.1 329 KB
MP Navigator EX (Windows XP x64) 4.02 45 MB
MP496 series Mini Master Setup (OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8) 1.1 36 MB
MP496 series CUPS Printer Driver (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/Mac OS X 10.7) 11.7.1.0 15 MB Download
ICA Driver (OS X 10.6) 3.3.4 8.6 MB
MP496 series CUPS Printer Driver (OS X 10.5/10.6) 11.7.1.0 16 MB
MP496 series Scanner Driver (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/10.7/10.6/Mac OS X 10.5) 17.7.1a 13 MB
ICA Driver (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/Mac OS X 10.7) 4.0.0 7.1 MB
Easy-PhotoPrint EX (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/Mac OS X 10.7) 4.7.0 102 MB
My Image Garden (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/Mac OS X 10.8) 3.5.0 300 MB
Quick Menu (OS X 10.7) 2.6.1 2.2 MB
My Image Garden (OS X 10.7) 3.2.0 299 MB
IJ Scan Utility Lite (OS X 10.11) 2.3.0 22 MB
Quick Menu (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/Mac OS X 10.8) 2.7.0 1.8 MB
Canon IJ Network Tool (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/Mac OS X 10.7) 4.7.0 5.6 MB
Easy-PhotoPrint EX (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/Mac OS X 10.7) 4.6.0 102 MB
MP Navigator EX (OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/Mac OS X 10.7) 4.0.4 34 MB
My Image Garden (OS X 10.6) 3.1.0 298 MB
Quick Menu (OS X 10.6) 2.5.0 2.4 MB
Canon IJ Network Tool for Intel Mac (OS X 10.5/10.6) 4.4.1 5.3 MB
Solution Menu EX (OS X 10.4/10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9/10.10) 1.4.1 4.9 MB
Easy-PhotoPrint EX (OS X 10.4/10.5/10.6) 4.1.6 102 MB
MP Navigator EX (OS X 10.4/10.5/10.6) 4.0.3 34 MB
Quick Menu (OS X 10.5) 2.0.1 5.8 MB
My Image Garden (OS X 10.5) 1.0.0 289 MB
Canon IJ Network Tool for Power PC (OS X 10.4/10.5) 3.2.0 4.8 MB
MP496 series User Manual (Windows) 1.00 13 MB
MP496 series User Manual (Mac) 1.00 28 MB
Guide for Quick Menu (Mac) V2.6 1.1 MB
Guide for Quick Menu (Windows) V2.6 1.1 MB
Guide for My Image Garden (Mac) V3.2 11 MB
Guide for My Image Garden (Windows) V3.2 11 MB
Driver Download or the Installation for Windows Operating System:
How to install the driver for Canon PIXMA MP496:
- First, you need to click the link provided for download, then select the option “Save” or “Save as”. Clicking “Save” is for downloading the file. Meanwhile if you choose “Run” or “Open”, the file downloaded will be automatically installed after the downloading process is completed.
- For your information, the driver file that you download will be saved in a certain folder that you have set before, especially in the self-extracting form or (.exe format).
- The last step is double clicking the downloaded file that has the format EXE file for the decompress process. Then, the installation will be automatically started.
How to uninstall the driver by using Control Panel.
Note: The following steps are for Windows 7. The different versions may have the different settings.
- Come to the Start menu, then you need to choose Control panel --> choose the driver and click “Uninstall a Program.”
- Wait until a page is appear with the list of the installed program. Then you need to double click the program that you want to uninstall.
- At last, choose “Yes” and “Ok”. The uninstall process is completed.
Driver Download or Installation process for Mac Operating System:
How to install driver of Canon PIXMA MP496 in Mac:
- First, you need the file of the driver. When you have already completed the downloading process, it will be saved in the certain folder. You can see it at the computer settings.
- Second, you need to double click the downloaded driver file and mount it on the Disk Image.
- The third step is that you need to double click again the mounted Disk Image.
- At last, double clicking the packaged driver file. Do not worry, the installation is about to be started automatically.
However, the step-by-step of the installation (and vice versa), it can be differed depend upon the platform or device that you use for the installation of Canon PIXMA MP496 The above mentioned, the installation is occurred using Windows 7 and Mac for windows XP or windows 8 is not much different way.
