Pixma MP240 series printer is a very good series presented by Canon. The setup on a PC is also very simple. You will require its software CD that came with the printer. If you don’t have it then you can use its online driver which is easily available on its official website and contains printer and scanner both the drivers.
If you cannot find it then you can simply download the driver from the download section below. I have given all the driver according the operating system versions. This printer supports Windows 11, 10, 8, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP (32bit / 64bit), Server 2000 to 2025, Linux, Ubuntu, Mac OS X 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, 13.x, 14.x and macOS 15 Sequoia operating systems.
Download Canon Pixma MP240 Printer Driver
First, locate your operating system in our list and then click on its download link to get your Canon Pixma MP240 driver setup file.
- Canon MP240 Driver for Windows XP, Vista (32-bit) → Download
- Canon MP240 Driver for Windows XP, Vista (64-bit) → Download
- Canon MP240 Driver for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (32-bit) → Download
- Canon MP240 Driver for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (64bit) → Download
- Canon MP240 Driver for Server 2000 to 2022 (32-bit) → Download
- Canon MP240 Driver for Server 2000 to 2022 (64-bit) → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for Linux and Ubuntu → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for MAC OS X 10.5, 10.6 → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for MAC OS X 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for macOS 10.11 to v10.15 Catalina → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for macOS 11.x Big Sur → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for macOS 12.x Monterey → Download
- Canon Pixma MP240 Driver for macOS 13.x Ventura → Download
OR
You may download the same driver directly through the Canon MP240 official website.
How to Install Canon Pixma MP240 Driver
Any mistakes during printer driver installation can cause problems like ink wastage, interruption in executing printing jobs, etc. Therefore, we would highly recommend careful study of your printer driver manual to find the right way of installing your printer driver.
Now is the time to install your newly downloaded latest version Canon printer driver by using their proper installation method. In this section, you will find the detailed installation guide for the full feature driver and basic driver (inf driver). Select the guide which is associated with to your driver type, then follow its installation steps to install your Canon Pixma MP240 printer drivers without any problems.
1) Full Feature Driver
In the following steps, I will explain the installation process for the full feature Canon Pixma MP240 driver on a Windows computer. You can follow this installation process for all the supported versions of the Windows operating system.
- Run the full feature driver file downloaded from this guide, and wait for the driver installer files to extract on your computer.
- In the Welcome screen, click on the ‘Next’ button to proceed. Make sure that your printer cable is disconnected from the computer and there are no other programs running on your computer.
- Select your place of residence, then click on the ‘Next’ button.
- Accept the terms of the license agreement by clicking on the ‘Yes’ button.
- Wait for the installation of the driver files to complete.
- Connect your Canon printer with your computer by using a USB cable and switch on your printer, then click on the ‘Complete’ button. If you want to connect your printer with another port, then check the ‘Select printer port’ option and click on ‘Manual Selection’ button to select your preferred connection port.
That’s it, you have successfully completed the installation of your Canon Pixma MP240 driver package.
2) Basic Driver
There is an alternate method for installing this Canon printer, which is by using its Canon Pixma MP240 basic driver. If you have decided to avail this installation option, then follow the instructions of this installation guide: How to install driver manually using basic driver (.INF driver)
Canon Pixma MP240 Updates:
Running your printer on its latest available support software is the easiest way to ensure its best performance. That’s because each new version of your device driver is released to solve the bugs which were found in its older versions.
Driver Compatibility:
Everyone knows that drivers found on the official Canon website are fully compatible with this printer, but finding the right driver on the site can be time consuming. Therefore, we are providing a full feature Canon Pixma MP240 driver download link which will allow you to download directly from the official Canon website in just a few clicks.
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Windows 2000 (32-bit)
- Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Windows 8 (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Windows 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit)
- Windows 11 (64-bit)
- macOS 11.x, 12.x, 13.x Ventura
- Mac OS X v10.0 to 10.15 Catalina
- Linux and Ubuntu
Driver conflicts can considerably reduce the performance of your printing device. However, by taking a simple precaution of uninstalling all the unnecessary drivers from your computer you can avoid driver conflicts. This step must be performed before starting the installation of your new printer driver.
Ink Cartridge: This printer uses one Canon CG-510 Black and one Canon CL-511 Tri-color ink cartridge which can print nearly 220 and 244 pages respectively.
We have taken special care to make our download process easy to execute, but still if you face any problems, then please contact us through the comments section.
Specifications:
- Functions: Print, Scan, Copy
- Print technology: Canon FINE
- Paper Size: Legal, A4
- Paper Capacity: 100 sheets
- Display Screen: None
Canon MP 240 multi-function printer gives amazing value for its price. The print quality of this photo printer is best in its class and the quality of texts printed by this device is also sharp and smooth around edges. All in all this printer is a great choice with only one drawback that due to lack of photographic black ink dark shades lack intensity.
FAQs
Q: Why is it not going beyond this page? I have Windows 10. I’m assuming it doesn’t work with that. When I click on the icon it does nothing.
A: Follow the following steps:
1) Download the driver which is in zip format: Download Link for 32bit / Download link for 64bit
2) Extract/unzip the driver's zip file.
3) After extraction, open the extracted folder and go to the folder name "DrvSetup" and double-click on the setup.exe file. The installer should start installing. After that, follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver.
