Also the Canon IJ Scan utility was reinstalled automatically as a part of that driver installation process.
On the bright side, the Canon MP drivers appeared to install correctly this time, using only 35 MB RAM (vs 755 MB previously). And of course I did not reinstall My Image Garden nor the Quick Menu, which were so problematical originally. I also did not reinstall the Easy-WebPrint EX module which apparently only applies to printing with the Internet Explorer browser, while I primarily use Firefox, Chrome, or Opera browsers. NET 4 or Microsoft XPS EP, because apparently they're only required if you install the My Image Garden and/or Quick Menu modules. I use free Irfanview for editing and manipulation of images, which seems a satisfactory substitute for the other software. Based on my current understanding, I would classify everything else as optional. I believe that's everything required to access all of the print, copy, and scan operations of this MG2220 printer.
This file allows you to easily change the settings such as the paper source settings and provides you with information on how to solve problems such as ink smudging.
IJ Scan Utility: The software that allows you to easily scan photos, documents, etc. You can install the following items of the software: MP Drivers: The driver for Canon IJ multifunction printer. This file is a driver for Canon IJ multifunction printers. Then I installed the following 2 modules (only) downloaded from the Canon website: I feel lucky to have survived those tasks without having to reinstall my op system. Then I cleaned up my computer as well as possible with help of Revouninstaller and Ccleaner, which was necessary because things were very messy with many uninstalled remnants and incorrect registry entries. NET 4 which the setup CD had said was necessary, as well as Microsoft XPS EP which My Image Garden had also told me was needed. I also kept Windows Adobe RGB 1998 because I didn't see any way to uninstall it.
So I uninstalled everything except the Canon registration and onscreen user manual. The date on the setup CD was 2011, so apparently it was 2 years old, and long out of date!? Obviously things had not installed properly from the setup CD, in general. For example, the Canon MP drivers were using 755 MB RAM, which seemed much too large. So the rep had me uninstall My Image Garden.Īt that point I decided to uninstall everything and start over from scratch because something was obviously not right. The My Image Garden software uses like 500MB RAM which is too much resources for my machine. After talking to Canon tech support on the telephone, the support tech admitted that this software CD was probably not compatible with my old XP computer. The My Image Garden software began crashing completely with an error message about a bad. So I downloaded and installed the latest drivers and software from the Canon website on top of the existing installation, which did not help. In particular the My Image Garden software was very slow and sluggish to respond. The CD installation took a very long time to complete (maybe an hour or so) and things did not work right.
I followed the instructions and installed it from the provided CD on my 10 year old Compaq S4020WM desktop computer upgraded with 1GB RAM and 1TB hard drive running Windows XP SP3. I bought a new Pixma MG2220 printer and received it 2 days ago.