I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 
installed it and its software on my MacBook running 10.4.11; and set it 
up to be connected wirelessly to our household LAN.

It now works, prints OK, and other OS 10.4 and 10.5 laptops in the house 
all seem to see it with no further installs of software on them (I 
assume this mysterious Bonjour entity plays some role here?).  

But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
really know how to get rid of this damn icon?

[Preliminary searches in my libraries and the Canon manual have been 
unavailing thus far.  I'm not even really sure whether the function of 
this "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility" is to scan the _network_ looking 
for ??? or is to enable the _scanner_ features of the MX860 over the 
network.]

In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>, AES <siegman@stanford.edu> writes:
>I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 

Why is it a mistake?  Would you rather have a Hopelessly Pathetic Inkjet?


>installed it and its software on my MacBook running 10.4.11; and set it 
>up to be connected wirelessly to our household LAN.
>
>It now works, prints OK, and other OS 10.4 and 10.5 laptops in the house 
>all seem to see it with no further installs of software on them (I 
>assume this mysterious Bonjour entity plays some role here?).  
>
>But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
>on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
>really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
>
>[Preliminary searches in my libraries and the Canon manual have been 
>unavailing thus far.  I'm not even really sure whether the function of 
>this "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility" is to scan the _network_ looking 
>for ??? or is to enable the _scanner_ features of the MX860 over the 
>network.]

That's for the scanner feature of your MP860.

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In article <00A978A7.46B574BB@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
 VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>, AES 
> <siegman@stanford.edu> writes:
> >I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 
> 
> Why is it a mistake?  Would you rather have a Hopelessly Pathetic Inkjet?
> 

Much rather have separate scanner and laser printer: two individually 
understandable, manageable, and upgradable units, with much less 
complexity in total.  Maybe a bit more initial acquisition cost; likely 
much less operating cost, much less frequent reloading of supplies, and 
just much less hassle.

In article <siegman-2473F0.14345114012010@news.stanford.edu>, AES
<siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> In article <00A978A7.46B574BB@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 
> > In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>, AES 
> > <siegman@stanford.edu> writes:
> > >I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 
> > 
> > Why is it a mistake?  Would you rather have a Hopelessly Pathetic Inkjet?
> > 
> 
> Much rather have separate scanner and laser printer: two individually 
> understandable, manageable, and upgradable units, with much less 
> complexity in total.  Maybe a bit more initial acquisition cost; likely 
> much less operating cost, much less frequent reloading of supplies, and 
> just much less hassle.

The tradeoffs also include less countertop real-estate and fewer
electrical outlets required for the MFP. This is from someone with two
standalone flatbed scanners, a networked laser printer, and an Epson
inkjet in addition to my Canon MFP. The flatbeds are rarely used and
spend most of their time on a closet shelf. Similarly, the laser
printer has been placed in a different room -- actually, on a
roll-around table in the family room closet with an Ethernet drop, just
to keep it out of the way (and it is turned off most of the time due to
the power it draws, even while sitting idle).

-- 
Spenser

In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>,
 AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
> on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
> really know how to get rid of this damn icon?

Try holding down the Command key, and dragging the icon out of the menu 
bar.

Fred

In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>, AES
<siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 
> installed it and its software on my MacBook running 10.4.11; and set it 
> up to be connected wirelessly to our household LAN.

Too bad you don't like yours. I love mine. Easy to setup with my
MacBook (now running 10.6.2), prints wirelessly just fine with all the
Apple laptops in the house as well as an old Dell running XP
Professional and a couple of desktop Macs connected via USB.
> 

> But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
> on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
> really know how to get rid of this damn icon?

It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
>

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In article <fmmck-95AF6B.21373814012010@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> writes:
>In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>,
> AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
>> on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
>> really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
>
>Try holding down the Command key, and dragging the icon out of the menu 
>bar.

That doesn't work.  I tried that a long time ago in an attempt to position
it in my menu bar.  It's pretty well locked in there.


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In article <140120102023478634%otto@bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.invalid> writes:
>In article <siegman-C96A8A.10142514012010@news.stanford.edu>, AES
><siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 
>> installed it and its software on my MacBook running 10.4.11; and set it 
>> up to be connected wirelessly to our household LAN.
>
>Too bad you don't like yours. I love mine. Easy to setup with my
>MacBook (now running 10.6.2), prints wirelessly just fine with all the
>Apple laptops in the house as well as an old Dell running XP
>Professional and a couple of desktop Macs connected via USB.

I have also connected wirelessly with my Ubuntu linux laptops too.  The
new ASUS EeePC 1005HA that Santa brought for my 10 year old with Ubuntu
was already configured to work the the Canon PIXMA MP620.  Go figure.


>> But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
>> on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
>> really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
>
>It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.

Me either.

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In article <140120102023478634%otto@bogus.address.invalid>,
 Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.invalid> wrote:

> It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.

Neither Canaon nor Apple nor anyone should fuck with your computer, is 
the big deal.

It's probably a startup item. He can delete it from his Accounts 
settings.
-- 
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  -- Fannie Farmer

In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
 VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> >
> >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> 
> Me either.

ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.

-- 
Sara

Cuddler of rats, cats and husband

In article <fmmck-95AF6B.21373814012010@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
 Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:

> > But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
> > on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
> > really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
> 
> Try holding down the Command key, and dragging the icon out of the menu 
> bar.

Thanks -�� but, went back to the Finder and tried all four combinations 
of Cmd or Ctrl plus Left or Right Click on this icon, and none of them 
dragged it out.  (This is in 10.4.11.)

In article <siegman-B42E77.10223315012010@news.stanford.edu>,
 AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:

> In article <fmmck-95AF6B.21373814012010@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
>  Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > > But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
> > > on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
> > > really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
> > 
> > Try holding down the Command key, and dragging the icon out of the menu 
> > bar.
> 
> Thanks -�� but, went back to the Finder and tried all four combinations 
> of Cmd or Ctrl plus Left or Right Click on this icon, and none of them 
> dragged it out.  (This is in 10.4.11.)

Did you see my post recommending you rip the server software out?  Look 
back in Google groups for it.  That may be your only option if Canon is 
putting the icon in the menu bar.  Find the process that's doing it and 
kill it.

-- 
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In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
 VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <140120102023478634%otto@bogus.address.invalid>, Otto Pylot 
> <otto@bogus.address.invalid> writes:
> >
> >> I purchased a Canon Pixma MX860 Multifunction Printer (big mistake!); 
> >> installed it and its software on my MacBook running 10.4.11; and set it 
> >> up to be connected wirelessly to our household LAN.
> >
> >Too bad you don't like yours. I love mine. Easy to setup with my
> >MacBook (now running 10.6.2), prints wirelessly just fine with all the
> >Apple laptops in the house as well as an old Dell running XP
> >Professional and a couple of desktop Macs connected via USB.
> 
> I have also connected wirelessly with my Ubuntu linux laptops too.  The
> new ASUS EeePC 1005HA that Santa brought for my 10 year old with Ubuntu
> was already configured to work the the Canon PIXMA MP620.  Go figure.
> 
> >> But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
> >> on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
> >> really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
> >
> >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> 
> Me either.

OK.  The small deal on the menu bar icon is just the space it takes up, 
for a function I don't use.  Have a couple of other utilities I do use 
(XMenu, Now Contact/QuickContact, etc) that have useful menu bar icons, 
so I'm jealous of that space.

Re the printer itself: seems to be a decent printer, a bit slow to 
respond, indeed connects widely all by itself.  But, 40 or 50 front 
panel buttons; 5 ink cartridges; 8 or 9 doors and hatches; inadequate 
paper tray; no envelope printing function; installs a bunch of software 
all over your system (and doesn't give you a report on what's been 
installed); 90 page manual (which still doesn't really tell you all 
that's going on); and it's an inkjet: $40 retail for the color tanks, 
$15 for the B&W.

For those who like it, and like multifunction units, it's fine, and low 
cost (initially, anyway).  I'll go back to separately optimized scanner 
and laser printer with 3 buttons, 2 doors or hatches, and one high 
capacity toner cartridge.

In article <vilain-EFFEEC.10271615012010@news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> writes:
>In article <siegman-B42E77.10223315012010@news.stanford.edu>,
> AES <siegman@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>> In article <fmmck-95AF6B.21373814012010@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>,
>>  Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > > But, there is now an icon in my menu bar with menu selections which turn 
>> > > on and off something called "Canon IJ Network Scan Utility".  Anyone 
>> > > really know how to get rid of this damn icon?
>> > 
>> > Try holding down the Command key, and dragging the icon out of the menu 
>> > bar.
>> 
>> Thanks -�� but, went back to the Finder and tried all four combinations 
>> of Cmd or Ctrl plus Left or Right Click on this icon, and none of them 
>> dragged it out.  (This is in 10.4.11.)
>
>Did you see my post recommending you rip the server software out?  Look 
>back in Google groups for it.  That may be your only option if Canon is 
>putting the icon in the menu bar.  Find the process that's doing it and 
>kill it.

System Preferences >> Accounts >> select account from list >> [Login Items]

Hide | Item                    | Type
 [ ]   Canon IJ Network Scan     Application

Highlight this and then click on the [-] (Delete the Selected Item) from
the [+][-] buttons below.


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In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010@news.individual.net>,
 Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 
> > >
> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> > 
> > Me either.
> 
> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.

On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate, 
particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was 
reported here.

I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came 
with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the 
marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on 
the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.

-- 
Paul Sture

In article <paul.nospam-025EA4.14215216012010@pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> writes:
>In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010@news.individual.net>,
> Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> 
>> > >
>> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
>> > 
>> > Me either.
>> 
>> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.
>
>On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate, 
>particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was 
>reported here.
>
>I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came 
>with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the 
>marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on 
>the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.

I have this same icon and software on my Macs.  I posted here how to get
rid of it.  No comment reported from the OP regarding that.  If you want
to talk about menu real estate, I have iStatP Pro installed in the menu.
It takes up CONSIDERABLE space but on a 17" MBP, there's still plenty of
space in the menu.

Spotlight, battery, Airport, Bluetooth, Sierra Wireless EVDO, Volume,
Time Machine, Spaces, Keyboard Viewer, time (24hr with seconds), Date
(day of week), iStat (which takes up as much real estate as all of the
aforementioned combined), IJCanon Scanner, WeatherDock (temp, forecast,
Location)... all this brings me up to the middle of the screen.  THere's
plenty of open space to the right for the application menus.

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In article <00A97A17.BD01D8EA@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
 VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> In article <paul.nospam-025EA4.14215216012010@pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture 
> <paul.nospam@sture.ch> writes:
> >In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010@news.individual.net>,
> > Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> >>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> >> 
> >> > >
> >> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> >> > 
> >> > Me either.
> >> 
> >> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.
> >
> >On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate, 
> >particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was 
> >reported here.
> >
> >I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came 
> >with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the 
> >marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on 
> >the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.
> 
> I have this same icon and software on my Macs.  I posted here how to get
> rid of it.  No comment reported from the OP regarding that.  If you want
> to talk about menu real estate, I have iStatP Pro installed in the menu.
> It takes up CONSIDERABLE space but on a 17" MBP, there's still plenty of
> space in the menu.
> 
> Spotlight, battery, Airport, Bluetooth, Sierra Wireless EVDO, Volume,
> Time Machine, Spaces, Keyboard Viewer, time (24hr with seconds), Date
> (day of week), iStat (which takes up as much real estate as all of the
> aforementioned combined), IJCanon Scanner, WeatherDock (temp, forecast,
> Location)... all this brings me up to the middle of the screen.  THere's
> plenty of open space to the right for the application menus.

Just one snag. I don't have a 17" screen. I'm running a bit of a kludge 
here as well with a 15" external monitor. Yes I need to go shopping but 
other things keep coming to the top of the list.:-(

-- 
Paul Sture

In article <paul.nospam-050771.18155416012010@pbook.sture.ch>, Paul
Sture <paul.nospam@sture.ch> wrote:

> In article <00A97A17.BD01D8EA@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> 
> > In article <paul.nospam-025EA4.14215216012010@pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture 
> > <paul.nospam@sture.ch> writes:
> > >In article <saramerriman-FF2A8E.17035815012010@news.individual.net>,
> > > Sara <saramerriman@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >> In article <00A9793F.7E7820E3@SendSpamHere.ORG>,
> > >>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> > >
> > >> > >It's just a grayed-out icon. Don't see what the big deal is.
> > >> > 
> > >> > Me either.
> > >> 
> > >> ooo I do. that's drive me nuts if it were something I didn't want.
> > >
> > >On a laptop an unwanted menu icon can take up precious real estate, 
> > >particularly if you can't move the thing sideways, as I believe was 
> > >reported here.
> > >
> > >I had similar experience with an icon added by the software which came 
> > >with a Western Digital drive. Once I had battled my way past the 
> > >marketing speak, all it did was report the percentage of used space on 
> > >the drive. Now zapped by removing the software.
> > 
> > I have this same icon and software on my Macs.  I posted here how to get
> > rid of it.  No comment reported from the OP regarding that.  If you want
> > to talk about menu real estate, I have iStatP Pro installed in the menu.
> > It takes up CONSIDERABLE space but on a 17" MBP, there's still plenty of
> > space in the menu.
> > 
> > Spotlight, battery, Airport, Bluetooth, Sierra Wireless EVDO, Volume,
> > Time Machine, Spaces, Keyboard Viewer, time (24hr with seconds), Date
> > (day of week), iStat (which takes up as much real estate as all of the
> > aforementioned combined), IJCanon Scanner, WeatherDock (temp, forecast,
> > Location)... all this brings me up to the middle of the screen.  THere's
> > plenty of open space to the right for the application menus.
> 
> Just one snag. I don't have a 17" screen. I'm running a bit of a kludge 
> here as well with a 15" external monitor. Yes I need to go shopping but 
> other things keep coming to the top of the list.:-(

I have a 13" MacBook with Spotlight, clock (hour and seconds), volume,
airport, Bluetooth, Time Machine, iStat, Canon utility and I've still
got plenty of space. But, to each their own.....

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