I cannot seem to scan from my Canon MX700 to my iMac. I have reinstalled the drivers from the disk.  The scan button appears but when I click it says "scan filed".  When I try it through the software, it lists the printer but not the scanner.

To factory reset an iMac without a login or keyboard, you can try the following steps:

1. Boot the iMac in Target Disk Mode: Connect the iMac to another Mac using a Thunderbolt cable. Power on the iMac while holding down the T key. The iMac should appear as an external disk on the other Mac.
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Hello!

It only means that driver of Canon MX700 is not compatible with the operating system of your laptop.
Download the drivers from the link below:
http://usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/printers_multifunction/pixma_mx_series/pixma_mx700#DriversAndSoftware

Make sure to select the correct operating system, then click the Drivers.

Good Luck!

Alpug

Please get new driver here: www.driversdown.com/
www.nodevice.com/driver/company/Canon/Printer.html
www.usa.canon.com/cusa/office/products/.../hs_1200ts
jay thr

Hi, please get new driver here: www.driversdown.com/
www.nodevice.com/driver/company/Canon/Printer.html
www.usa.canon.com/cusa/office/products/.../hs_1200ts

Jay pboc

hello, please ensure that all of your apple software is up-to-date on your imac and that you have installed all of the canon software for mac. in your utilities you will have an add printer option and the your canon model should be listed there , select it and you should then be able to print.

just uninstall the driver software and re install it.

Ok... not sure if this resolves the issue for brigitteserr but just some general tips.

The Scan button will only work if you have installed a suitable scanner based software packed on your computer. As a general rule this is the Navigator software for your Canon model as provided with your driver disk (or on the Canon website).

Personally I would recommend that instead of using the scan button on the printer, you initiate any scanning from your software and then work from there as all the scan button does is initialise the program and nothing else.

Hope that helps.

Dear Roadscholar1,

You can find the drivers and all the software available for download at the url below.

http://www.canon.com.au/drivers/default.aspx

Follow the prompts and enter your model.

Gremlin11

If you do not have the disk you must download the software from Internet, follow instructions below,

Click here:PIXMA MX700 office all in one inkjet printer

A web page will open, follow instructions, select model, select operative system etc., and click on download .
Chose to download the file in my documents when asked.
Afterdownloading,findthe file, double click on the file , then if you getintroubles,followthe instructions below to reset and reinstall drivers:

• Unplug printer USB.
• Go to control panel >> installed printers in Windows and remove (delete ) any installed printer from printer list.
• Download driver from website, or use the disk and run the install file.
  
• Follow driver installation wizard.
• Plug back printer when prompted from installation wizard.

Note:someprinterdoesnot work on Vista, if you do not find any driverdownloadfor Vistaonyour model page, that means your model is not Vistacompatible.

I was having the same problem, and thanks to the person who posted solution number two which simply highlighted the fact that the apparently software that came with the Canon Pixma MX700 unit is not compatible with Window Vista.

The reason I was confused is because the printer was working perfectly fine across the network, but when I went to scan my computer would tell me that it can't communicate with the scanner. I'm thinking ... "well since you can communicate with the printer, you should be able to communicate with the scanner, after all, they're the same device!"

As a workaround, I used a third party program to do the scan (in this case, Photoshop) and everything worked fine. If you have Photoshop, just go to file > import to start the scan. If you don't have Photoshop, I would think whatever program you are using for image editing may have the same functionality.

Hope that helps,
Brian