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Canon MG6150 shows as printer but not scanner

I’m trying to set up a Canon PIXMA MG6150 printer/scanner wirelessly in macOS 10.12.6 Sierra inside a Parallels Desktop virtual machine. I think we can ignore the Parallels part because the virtual machine and printer are communicating wirelessly, Printers and Scanners finds the printer and I can print to it wirelessly.


But there are no Print & Scan tabs when I select the device; it’s just a printer. And neither Canon IJ Scan Utility2 nor Canon IJ ScanGear Starter EX can find a scanner. Neither does it show up in Image Capture.


I know that the scanner is working because I can scan with Canon’s PRINT iOS app on my iPad, but that app has limited features and I’d rather use Image Capture on the Mac.


I’ve installed:

  • MG6100 series CUPS Printer Driver Ver.16.10.0.0 (Mac)
  • MG6100 series Scanner Driver Ver.17.7.1b (Mac)
  • ICA Driver Ver. 4.0.0 (Mac)

all of which claim to support macOS 10.12. Does anyone know what’s missing here?


Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Apr 27, 2022 3:22 PM

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Posted on Apr 28, 2022 11:45 AM

Hi Erroll,


Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!


We understand that you aren't able to see the print and scan tabs for your printer and that you can scan and print with it but you're not able to scan via Image Capture.


To start, you can reference this link to help you to isolate the scanning behavior with Image Capture: If your device doesn’t work with Image Capture on Mac - Apple Support


We'd also recommend that you contact the printer manufacturer to help you to determine why you're unable to see the additional tabs when you choose the printer: Contact Cannon Support


We hope this helps.


Cheers!

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Apr 28, 2022 11:45 AM in response to Erroll

Hi Erroll,


Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!


We understand that you aren't able to see the print and scan tabs for your printer and that you can scan and print with it but you're not able to scan via Image Capture.


To start, you can reference this link to help you to isolate the scanning behavior with Image Capture: If your device doesn’t work with Image Capture on Mac - Apple Support


We'd also recommend that you contact the printer manufacturer to help you to determine why you're unable to see the additional tabs when you choose the printer: Contact Cannon Support


We hope this helps.


Cheers!

Canon MG6150 shows as printer but not scanner

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