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Canon PIXMA G3010 macOS driver, reverse

Show HN: Canon PIXMA G3010 macOS driver, reverse-engineered with Claude

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Show_hn devtools Added Apr 2, 2026

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Canon doesn&#x27;t provide a working macOS driver for the PIXMA G3010. I was stuck using Canon&#x27;s iPhone app for all printing and scanning.<p>I pointed Claude Code at a packet capture from the iPhone app and it reverse-engineered Canon&#x27;s proprietary CHMP protocol, wrote a pure Rust eSCL-to-CHMP bridge daemon, and built a .pkg installer. My role was the physical parts: capturing packets, testing on the printer, confirming Image Capture worked.<p>The protocol docs in docs&#x2F; are probably the first public documentation of Canon&#x27;s CHMP protocol.

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This project is a brilliant technical demonstration of using AI for systems-level reverse engineering, but it functions as a niche hobbyist utility rather than a scalable business. While the developer shows exceptional talent, the project faces significant legal risks from Canon and lacks any clear path to monetization or market expansion.

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