Canon MP530 printer stopped working, no drivers?  

kanjigirl said:

About three hours ago I tried printing from Word to my Canon MP530, which has been working just fine since I switched from XP to Win7 in mid-December. I got an error saying that there were no drivers installed.

I tried the Windows Update method to reinstall them - that failed. I went to Canon's site and got the current x64 version of the driver. That supposedly installed, but when I try to print anything including the test page I see 'printer not responding' in the print queue window.

In the Devices & Printers window it tells me I need to troubleshoot it. Running the troubleshooter tells me there's nothing wrong with it.

I tried removing and reinstalling the printer with the same results, also trying the new drivers.

I just got the firmware upgrade from Canon and have installed that; that didn't help either. It still wants me to troubleshoot it, and that has the same results.

Please help me. I really need to get some work done today, and I really need my printer to be working.

If it just stopped working like that, do not discount the possiblity that it may be time for a new printer.

Just as long as it is working. If it is getting old, as you begin to need ink, it may be wise to start looking for a sale.

The price of a new printer is not much more than a printer with the ink.

Good Luck with everything and thanks for the rep.