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How to Download and Install Canon LBP2900B Printer Drivers on macOS Mojave

Last Updated on March 27, 2020 by Amar Ilindra 32 Comments

If you are having problems using Canon LBP2900B printer on your Apple MacBook Pro or MacBook Air devices, then you are not alone. There are plenty of people like you who are trying to install LBP2900B drivers patch to make it work on macOS Mojave.

Good news is, a working patch for Mojave is now available and you can download and install it very easily. Once you install drivers and apply the patch, your MacBooks will start detecting LBP2900B printer.

If you don’t know, Canon LBP2900B printer is an old but very successful model from Canon which suits perfectly for office usage. This laser shot black and white LBP2900B printer is light in weight and works on toner cartridge which can print up to 12 papers per minute.  Though this Canon LBP2900B printer sounds expensive when compared with modern inkjet color printers, it has its own advantages like less expensive printing cost, fast and jam-free 2400 x 600dpi laser-quality printing.

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But Canon overlooked Apple users and haven’t updated their drivers for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro devices since 2015. Luckily, LBP2900B had a good community base and people started investing their time to develop patches for every macOS updates. As expected, Canon LBP2900B stopped working on macOS Mojave and users are finding a way to download and install Canon LBP2900B drivers on macOS Mojave devices.

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I have been using this old printer from a very long time which used to work fine on macOS Sierra but today it started giving problems on my MacBook Pro which is running on macOS Mojave 10.14.2. After this recent macOS update, it fails to detect the printer and stuck at the print dialog box.

Tutorial to setup Canon LBP2900B on macOS

If you are also on the same track who are looking to install Canon LBP2900B drivers patch on macOS Mojave, then you are at the right place. This article will provide you detailed steps to fix LBP2900B printer drivers problem on MacBooks.

Technically LBP2900B drivers for macOS is not available even on the official Canon website. But still, we can set-up the printer using LBP3000 drivers and applying a simple patch over it. Don’t worry, this process is very simple if you follow the below steps carefully.  Here is how you can install Canon LBP2900B printer drivers on MacBook with latest Mojave update.

Step 1: Uninstall Old Printer Drivers

I order to avoid conflicts with the old printer drivers, you have to first delete them completely from your device. To uninstall the current printer, click on Apple icon on the top left corner and select System Preferences…

Opening System Preferences in macOS

You will now see a lot of system options and you need to click on Printers and Scanners icon.

Printers and Scanners option in System Preferences

Select the old printer from the left side printers list, click on – button and select Delete Printer to delete your existing printer.

Remove all Old Printers by clicking on - Button

After deleting all unused printers, restart your Mac for the changes to take effect.

If you have any unused or duplicate printers in the list, make sure you delete all of them to be on the safer side. But double-check you are not uninstalling scanners or other working printers accidentally.

You need to be very careful while removing the printers if you have more than one printer or scanners installed on your device already.

Step 2: Download and Install CAPT Printer Driver & Utilities for Mac V10.0.0

Open Canon official website to download CAPT Printer Driver & Utilities for Mac V10.0.0. The drivers and utilities listed there is actually for Canon LBP3000 printer but don’t worry, we’ll apply a patch to make it compatible with LBP2900B printer.

Once you accept the terms and conditions checkbox, the download button will be activated. Clicking on it will start downloading mac-capt-v1000-uken.dmg file and you have to save it on the desktop.

Download drivers and utilities for Canon LBP2900B

Double click the file to mount and open the disk image. You will see two folders named Documents and MacOSX. Inside MacOSX folder, double click on Canon_CAPT_installer.pkg file to install the package contents.

Install Canon drivers and utilities

Now you have successfully installed the required drivers of LBP3000 printer (Yes, not actually for LBP2900B printer). So you need to apply the below patch to correct this model number mismatch.

Step 3: Apply LBP2900B Patch for macOS Mojave

After installing CAPT driver and utility, you need to now apply the patch to make it work on Mojave update. First, download the patch canon_lbp2900b_patch_mojave.zip and extract the files on your desktop.

Now from the Finder menu, select Go and click on Go to Finder…

Go to Folder option in Mac

Under Go to the folder: text field, paste this path /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPSCAPT2/Bidi and click Go.

Open Bidi folder

From Desktop, copy captmoncnab3 file from the extracted files of canon_lbp2900b_patch_mojave.zip and replace it inside the Bidi folder. Since you are replacing a file in System folder, you will be asked to enter the Administrator password.

Replace captmoncnab3 in Bidi folder

Again under Go to the folder: text field, paste the following path /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPSCAPT2/cnaccm and hit Go.

Open cnaccm folder

Now copy the file CnAC28B9.DAT from already extracted patch files and replace it in cnaccm folder. After replacing these two files carefully, reboot your Mac and proceed to next step.

Replace CnAC28B9.DAT in cnaccm folder to apply path for Canon LBP2900B printer on Mojave

Key Points:

  • Carefully replace both captmoncnab3 and CnAC28B9.DAT files in cnaccm and Bidi folders respectively. Even a minor mistake while replacing these files will not apply the patch correctly.
  • Enter your Administrator password while replacing the patch files.
  • You can unmount the disk and delete both canon_lbp2900b_patch_mojave.zip and mac-capt-v1000-uken.dmg files from the desktop after applying the patch.
  • Rebooting your MacBook is optional but highly recommended.

Step 4: Setup Canon LBP2900B Printer on your Mac

After applying the patch, now it’s time to setup LBP2900B printer on your Mac machine. This step is very simple and straight forward.

To setup Canon LBP2900B printer on Mac:

  1. Power on and connect your printer to MacBook using a USB cable.
  2. Open System Preferences… and select Printers and Scanners.
  3. Click on the + icon and choose Canon LBP2900B printer.
  4. Under Use: drop-down option, pick Select Software…
  5. Search LBP3000 and from search results select Canon LBP3000 CAPT (UK).
  6. Hit OK to finish the setup process.

Select LBP3000 software to setup Canon LBP2900B printer on your Mac device

Your Canon LBP2900B printer is now all set and ready to use. In case if you want to test the drivers and printing quality, click here to print a sample page.

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Conclusion for Canon LBP2900B Drivers on Mac Mojave

Despite the popularity of Canon LBP2900B printer, the drivers for the latest version of macOS is not yet available in Canon official store. The only possible and working solution to configure Canon LBP2900B printer drivers on macOS Mojave is by adding LBP3000 printer from System Preferences and applying a patch to make it compatible for LBP2900B model. You need to install a utility package and replace a couple of files carefully and your old Canon LBP2900B printer will start working on macOS Mojave.

But one thing I’m not sure is how it behaves when we connect both LBP3000 and LBP2900B models to the same device at the same. So this might be a real deal-breaker for people who own both models. If you have tried this case, please let us know how your Mac behaves in the comment section below.

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Comments

  1. Avatar for Pinninti AbhiramPinninti Abhiram says

    March 14, 2022 at 11:49 PM

    How to install canon lbp2900b in macos 12.2.1 monterey

    Reply
  2. Avatar for sereneserene says

    January 17, 2022 at 7:14 AM

    I tried for MacOS Big sur, and got this message after the final step

    “captmoncnab3” is damaged and can’t be opened.

    Is there any resolution to this ? Thank you

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      January 17, 2022 at 9:34 AM

      Run this command in Terminal and restart your Mac.

      xattr -cr /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPSCAPT2/Bidi/captmoncnab3

      Reply
  3. Avatar for Dr R RoyDr R Roy says

    July 24, 2021 at 8:17 AM

    Is there any Canon LBP2900 ‘patch’ available for MacOS 11.4 on M1 chip? please help.
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
  4. Avatar for khumakhuma says

    September 12, 2020 at 9:22 PM

    Cannot download the patch file.Plse help. Shows fails to open page

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      September 15, 2020 at 2:08 PM

      path file download link is working fine. Can you try once again in a different browser?

      Reply
  5. Avatar for Arunima RakibeArunima Rakibe says

    August 17, 2020 at 3:53 PM

    This works, helped a lot! Thank you so much!

    Reply
  6. Avatar for pavanpavan says

    June 20, 2020 at 9:36 AM

    Thanks Amar, now its working fine

    Reply
  7. Avatar for EmanueleEmanuele says

    June 1, 2020 at 8:28 PM

    Thanks a lot, it worked well for me!

    Reply
  8. Avatar for Wint (Myanmar)Wint (Myanmar) says

    April 24, 2020 at 2:43 PM

    Thanks very much. It also works well with my Mac OS High Sierra.

    Reply
  9. Avatar for SrutiSruti says

    February 21, 2020 at 11:50 AM

    Does this work for Catalina as well?

    Reply
  10. Avatar for MartinMartin says

    December 17, 2019 at 3:38 PM

    Thank you very much Amar!

    Reply
  11. Avatar for MosheMoshe says

    December 5, 2019 at 3:50 PM

    Thank you so much! Finally, it works!!

    Reply
  12. Avatar for KcKc says

    November 14, 2019 at 9:22 AM

    Catalina sucks lol. My office printing is stopped now. ?

    Reply
  13. Avatar for DarinaDarina says

    October 18, 2019 at 5:14 PM

    Thank you for your work. The article really helped

    Reply
  14. Avatar for Dibyajyoti HazarikaDibyajyoti Hazarika says

    October 16, 2019 at 8:14 AM

    Hi Amar,

    Thanks a lot for your fantastic job. I have been looking for the driver and really was disappointed because each time I had to switch on my PC to take a print out at my home. Now it’s working flawlessly with my mac air loaded with mac OSMojave. Keep your good job going. All the best.

    Reply
  15. Avatar for Nayan KukadiyaNayan Kukadiya says

    October 11, 2019 at 7:40 PM

    Not working in MacOS Catalina (10.15) please give solution.

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      October 12, 2019 at 12:47 AM

      This tutorial is only for devices running on macOS Mojave. We’ll publish a separate article for macOS Catalina devices in a few days.

      Reply
      • Avatar for AfifiAfifi says

        October 12, 2019 at 9:38 PM

        Hi Amar,

        Great tutorial. I was referring to this article back when I’m facing issue with Mojave. Now that I’ve upgrade my macOS to Catalina, it is not working anymore. Looking forward for a separated article for macOS Catalina from your end.

        Reply
        • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

          October 13, 2019 at 6:55 PM

          Hi Afifi,

          Yes, this patch is no longer working on macOS Catalina. I’m searching for a working solution and I’ll publish a separate article immediately once I found the solution.

          Reply
          • Avatar for StanislavStanislav says

            October 31, 2019 at 12:03 AM

            Hi Amar!
            Any good news with Catalina driver?

          • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

            October 31, 2019 at 2:05 PM

            Unfortunately, still, I’m unable to find a working patch for Catalina.

            In case you find one, please comment here.

          • Avatar for AA says

            November 20, 2019 at 12:30 AM

            https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250718597?answerId=250718597021#250718597021 this helped

    • Avatar for AnatplyAnatply says

      November 21, 2019 at 10:47 PM

      This method works on Catalina. The problem is SIP. You must disable SIP or re-sign captmoncnab3. Tested on Catalina 10.15.1, It works fine.

      Download and install the driver for LBP3000 “CAPT Printer Driver & Utilities for Mac V10.0.1 [macOS 10.13/10.14/10.15” from here https://www.canon.com.au/laser-printers/laser-shot-lbp3000/support

      Within the binary files
      /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPSCAPT2/Bidi/captmoncnab3
      and
      /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPSCAPT2/cnaccm/CnAC28B9.DAT
      replace all occurrences of “LBP3000” with “LBP2900”. You can use the free iHex software available on the App Store to do that. Don’t use a Text Editor. In iHex, use the search and replace all, do not forget to select the text for the search fields.

      reboot Mac

      Download Gatekeeper Helper.dmg:
      https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Syls0VNvXS5ckNtKJ43-jdH8oapOAwXV
      or
      https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5764352

      1) Mount Gatekeeper Helper.dmg;
      2) Copy the script file to the user folder. (In the Finder panel on the left is the folder with your user name)
      To do this, just drag it there with the mouse.
      You need to remove the attributes assigned to the file when writing to the file system disk and make the script executable on the system.
      Open the Terminal, copy and paste the command into it:
      The code:
      xattr -c ~/gtkhelper; chmod +x ~/gtkhelper
      3) To run the script, execute in the terminal;
      The code:
      ~/gtkhelper
      4) Script Items:
      1 – Turn off the SIP
      2 – Turn on the SIP
      3 – Turn off the SIP for a single application
      4 – Self-sign application
      5 – Exit
      5) Choose the fourth item
      6) Drag captmoncnab3 file (edited) to the terminal and press Enter
      7) Close everything and restart the computer
      8) Connect the LBP2900 to the USB Port and in the System Preferences add a Driver for it specifying the Canon LBP3000 Driver.

      Enjoy

      Reply
  16. Avatar for Narra DaNarra Da says

    September 14, 2019 at 8:13 AM

    It does work perfectly. Thank you so much.

    Reply
  17. Avatar for JHVJHV says

    August 4, 2019 at 10:41 PM

    Worked very well. Thank you

    Reply
  18. Avatar for NikitaNikita says

    July 30, 2019 at 1:44 PM

    patch link not working

    Reply
    • Avatar for Amar IlindraAmar Ilindra says

      July 30, 2019 at 6:07 PM

      Dropbox link is down for some reasons. I have contacted their support for an update.

      Meanwhile, I have created a mirror in Google Drive and you can download the patch files from here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HpblvIo-NGr0a-nmrlnhEgP3S_9Rl5aF/view?usp=sharing

      Reply
    • Avatar for IndraneelIndraneel says

      September 25, 2019 at 1:39 PM

      Thank you so much !! This was a lifesaver. Follow the instructions to the T and everything works.
      I installed this on my 2011 MBP running High Sierra 10.13.6

      Reply
  19. Avatar for shivam srivastavshivam srivastav says

    July 17, 2019 at 12:46 AM

    It’s work perfectly.

    Reply
  20. Avatar for Simon LewisSimon Lewis says

    March 29, 2019 at 12:37 PM

    This has been a really wonderful article.

    Reply
    • Avatar for it workedit worked says

      July 2, 2021 at 2:32 AM

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4bvMKz_B1Q technique worked for me.

      in cmd just type:

      xattr -cr /Library/Printers/Canon/CUPSCAPT2/Bidi/captmoncnab3

      and then at the end at last one restart is needed which we have to do manually.

      Reply

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