Bought and installed a Canon Pixma MX860 networked multi-function inkjet 
printer on MacBook running OS 10.4.11 (something I'll certainly never do 
again!).

How do I get the "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility" icon to disappear from 
my menu bar?

In article <siegman-395C60.12525911012010@news.stanford.edu>,
 AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> Bought and installed a Canon Pixma MX860 networked multi-function inkjet 
> printer on MacBook running OS 10.4.11 (something I'll certainly never do 
> again!).
> 
> How do I get the "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility" icon to disappear from 
> my menu bar?

If it's running, I don't think you can.  

My guess is there's a program that's run at startup either via 
/Library/Startup/<directory> or via the launchd facility.  It will take 
some poking around to find out yes or no on this. 

Another thing to look into is if something got installed on the system 
in /Applications.  There might be an uninstall script.

Can you do some serious poking and find out what got installed on the 
machine by using Pacifist on the install receipt package.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743

Then strip out the stuff that was installed by hand and reboot.

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It's a login-item

(Apple-menu > System Preferences... > Accounts, tab:Login Items).
Just delete it there.


Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:

> In article <siegman-395C60.12525911012010@news.stanford.edu>,
>  AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Bought and installed a Canon Pixma MX860 networked multi-function inkjet
> > printer on MacBook running OS 10.4.11 (something I'll certainly never do
> > again!).
> > 
> > How do I get the "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility" icon to disappear from
> > my menu bar?
> 
> If it's running, I don't think you can.  
> 
> My guess is there's a program that's run at startup either via 
> /Library/Startup/<directory> or via the launchd facility.  It will take
> some poking around to find out yes or no on this. 
> 
> Another thing to look into is if something got installed on the system
> in /Applications.  There might be an uninstall script.
> 
> Can you do some serious poking and find out what got installed on the
> machine by using Pacifist on the install receipt package.
> 
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743
> 
> Then strip out the stuff that was installed by hand and reboot.


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In article <1jcdpte.dpd3881njozo4N%TonvanNuland@hetnet.nl>,
 TonvanNuland@hetnet.nl (Ton van Nuland) wrote:

> It's a login-item
> 
> (Apple-menu > System Preferences... > Accounts, tab:Login Items).
> Just delete it there.

Yup -- it's there.  Thanks much.

Interesting:  You have to check the items in there to _hide_ them, not 
to activate them.

Should one want any random piece of hardware or software, like a Canon 
printer, to be able to put stuff in that location -- and therefore 
another icon in one's menu bar -- without even telling, much less 
asking, you?

In article <siegman-11F9AC.17021415012010@news.stanford.edu>,
 AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> In article <1jcdpte.dpd3881njozo4N%TonvanNuland@hetnet.nl>,
>  TonvanNuland@hetnet.nl (Ton van Nuland) wrote:
> 
> > It's a login-item
> > 
> > (Apple-menu > System Preferences... > Accounts, tab:Login Items).
> > Just delete it there.
> 
> Yup -- it's there.  Thanks much.
> 
> Interesting:  You have to check the items in there to _hide_ them, not 
> to activate them.
> 
> Should one want any random piece of hardware or software, like a Canon 
> printer, to be able to put stuff in that location -- and therefore 
> another icon in one's menu bar -- without even telling, much less 
> asking, you?

I gave up using "should" a long time ago.  I'm a lot happier.  If you 
live your life out of "should" I don't think you'll ever be happy.  

If you want things done your way, do them yourself.

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