Canon MG8100 series Network
Canon MG8100 series Network is a scanner driver and control utility for the Canon MG8100 series multifunction printer, which combines printing, scanning, copying and faxing in a single device. The app provides a scanning interface (ScanGear) that allows users to acquire images from the scanner over a network connection, configure scan settings such as resolution and colour mode, and manage documents. It is typically installed as part of Canon's printer driver package and is used by home and small office users who need to digitise documents, photos or receipts from the MG8100 hardware.
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1 suggestionThis app is a printer driver component for a Canon multifunction device released over a decade ago. Canon has not provided meaningful software updates for the MG8100 line in many years, and there is no native Apple Silicon build available. The hardware itself is no longer supported by Canon and the driver has become increasingly unreliable on modern macOS versions. Since Apple will remove Rosetta 2 support in macOS 28 (September 2028), this driver will stop functioning entirely on that release. If you still rely on your MG8100 scanner, contact Canon support now to ask whether a native driver exists or whether your specific model is supported by Canon's modern printer driver suite. As an alternative, consider upgrading to a current Canon printer model with native macOS and Apple Silicon support — Canon now ships native drivers for recent MFP and scanner products. If you need a scanner without replacing hardware, you can use the built-in Image Capture utility (Applications → Utilities → Image Capture) to acquire images directly from many network scanners, though this bypasses advanced scanning options that ScanGear provided.
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