04a9:178d — PIXMA MG6853
Canon, Inc.
- Vendor ID
- 04a9
- Product ID
- 178d
- Combined
- 04a9:178d
- Decimal
- 1193:6029
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a PIXMA MG6853 manufactured by Canon, Inc.. The vendor ID 04a9 is registered to Canon, Inc. with the USB Implementers Forum, and 178d is the product ID that Canon, Inc. assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 04a9:178d Canon, Inc. PIXMA MG6853.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04a9:178d Canon, Inc. PIXMA MG6853
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 04a9:178d, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 04a9:178d. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=04a9, idProduct=178d.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_04A9&PID_178D USB\VID_04A9&PID_178D&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_04A9&PID_178D"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
PIXMA MG6853:
Product ID: 0x178d
Vendor ID: 0x04a9 (Canon, Inc.)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page. Canon, Inc. official support →
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
04a9 Canon, Inc. 178d PIXMA MG6853