Canon MP480 printer prints enlarged text and shifts page margin

THe print heads are an integral part of each cartridge. When you remove the cartridges you actually remove the print heads. You will need to open the top front panel to access the print carriage which moves left and right over the paper under it. Using cotton swabs you can apply rubbing alcohol to the places the cartridges rest upon and absorb all the dried out ink. Be sure you toss the old cartridges out before you reassemble. If you need to store any ink type printers REMOVE ALL CARTRIDGES and clean off the receivers on the print carriage!

When you click print, and IF a Print Window opens, then it should allow you to click a button on that window to change the Print Properties. There should be a choice for "reverse order" and you just need to unclick that choice.

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=238&modelid=17160#DownloadDetailAct

Hi, please get new driver here: www.driversdown.com/
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We have become aware of an incompatibility between the ZoomAlbum software and the Canon PIXMA printers listed below. This issue applies only when using the ZoomAlbum software to print Photo Album covers with Mac OS X.
Affected Models
PIXMA MP240, MP250, MP480, MP490, MP560, MP620, MP640, MP980, MP990, MX320, MX330, MX860, iP3600, iP4600, iP4700 Printers
Phenomenon
The affected PIXMA printers are designed to feed paper via the rear tray with a center-feed mechanism and two paper guides. However, the ZoomAlbum software was intended to feed paper from the rear tray in printers with a right-feed mechanism and a single paper guide. As a result, when using the ZoomAlbum software with Mac OS X to print Photo Album covers with the affected Canon PIXMA printers, the printed image may shift.
Countermeasure
To remedy this problem, please use the following settings when printing Photo Album covers with Mac OS X:
1. Click System Preferences
2. Click Print & Fax
3. Select your Canon PIXMA printer as the default printer
4. Select DL Envelope for Default Paper Size in Page Setup
Note: Be sure to change the Default Paper Size back to Letter after printing the cover.

First, plug your printer into your router and turn on both the router and the printer. Second, on your mac open System Preferences>Print and Fax>click the plus sign below the list of printers, you will be guided through the process to set up your network printer. Now to set up a printer on Windows XP click here, Windows Vista click here. Windows 7 and vista are pretty much the same set up.

uninstall the printer driver and reinstall it . it will work...

You say you have reinstalled the drivers umpteen times. What may be happening is you have a corrupt driver issue and when you reinstall, the program sees the driver there already so it doesn't reinstall over it.

Follow this link and try Canon's solution of uninstalling the drivers and then reinstalling them...
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=238&modelid=17160

I don't know if I understood your problem correctly: you have a Canon Pixma MP480 and you want to install it in a computer with MAC OS and the CD that came with the printer is for Windows systems?

CANON has drivers and software available for your printer and MAC OS X. You can dowload them from PIXMA MP480 Photo All-In-One-Printer support homepage .

On that page, clickon the "Drivers & Downloads" tab and then select your operating system to get a list of compatible drivers, sofware and manuals.
Download the printer and scanner drivers compatible with your system, from "Drivers" section and select and download the software you need from the 'Software section".
For help and troubleshooting installation issues, click on 'Support & Service".
If I misunderstood your post and you have a different problem, please comment and I will try to help more.

Have a look at the canon usa site:http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&tabact=SupportDetailTabAct&fcategoryid=238&modelid=17160#DownloadDetailActThis link should take you to the canon support page, let it load and it will come up with the driver download center.In the area titles "Driver/Software Selection"Use the drop down menu and select "Mac OS x"This will bring up a list of current drivers for the Mac.The most recent one for the your printer is:MP480 series Printer Driver Ver. 10.6.0.0 (Mac OS X CUPS)If there is also a problem with your scanner then you will also need:MP480 series Scanner Driver Ver. 14.8.1 (Mac OS X)Just make sure you look carefully before clicking the driver as there are also spanish versions on the list..I hope these help.Mike