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Help with Printer Driver in S Mode Windows 10

Anonymous
2022-12-20T08:59:44+00:00

Hi there

Long time user of Microsoft products but first time user of the Microsoft Community. I have just purchased a new laptop that has Windows 10 S Mode installed. I would like to use my current printer (Canon MX475 Series) with the new laptop, however due to S Mode I am unable to download the driver to use the printer. Without disabling the S Mode, is there a way around this?

If not, how do I solve this issue happening with any printer on a laptop with S Mode?

Many thanks

Al

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-12-20T09:35:04+00:00

    Hi AI,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Check on the support page for your printer on the Canon website, if they do not provide a link to a driver on the Microsoft Store, you cannot install a driver for that printer in S Mode.

    Many printer manufacturers have not developed drivers that can be installed in S Mode, and the only way then to use that driver is to switch out of S Mode to Windows Home, most people do find they need to switch out of S Mode for free, S Mode is too restrictive for installing drivers and 3rd party software and provided you only ever install software from an official website, there is no problem switching out of S Mode.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-20T13:18:39+00:00

    Thank You

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-20T13:18:14+00:00

    Hi Dave

    Thank you very much, that's very helpful and will probably switch away from S Mode then.

    Seems to be very restrictive although secure too.

    Cheers

    Al

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-12-20T09:29:49+00:00

    Its not the driver you download, you install the full feature software from Canon support

    You can turn off S mode

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/switching-out-of-s-mode-in-windows-4f56d9be-99ec-6983-119f-031bfb28a307

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