The last driver that Canon released for the MP980 was for OS X 10.9. I know this driver can be installed and work on 10.11 so here is a link to that driver. Given that you cannot get the Gutenprint driver to work as well then something may be amiss with the transport to the printer, whether that be via USB port, Ethernet or WiFi. Note the print you mention from the Canon utility is just a command sent to the printer - not an actual test print.
This product is a printer driver for Canon IJ printers. MP980 series Printer Driver Ver. 7.13.1 (Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5) Notice of Relocation: Canon Image 2, Customer Care Center and Canon Pro Solution Hub Notice of Relocation: Canon Image 2, Customer Care Center and Canon Pro Solution Hub. Allow Once in Mac OS X v10.4, Allow in Mac OS X v10.5/v10.6. If the dialog is displayed more than once, click the above-mentioned button in each dialog. Do not click Always Allow, the information will not be obtained properly. Step Four When the following dialog is displayed, click OK. 9 Using the Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant.
So before installing the driver I have linked to above, open Printers & Scanners and remove the MP980 printer. Then open Finder and from the Go menu, select Go to Folder. Then copy the following line below and paste that into the Go field and then press the Go button.
/Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter
Here you will see all the contents of the Canon BJPrinter folder. Select all the folders and trash them. Then restart the Mac. After you log back in, run the MP980 printer driver installer and when that has completed, add the printer. Now see if this works.
Mar 21, 2016 3:27 PM
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