How to Connect Canon Printer to WiFi?

Are you struggling to connect Canon printer to WiFi? You may spend an entire hour searching for a suitable solution, yet you will find confusion. When it comes to securing your printer to a cableless network, it includes various setup parts. Some will guide you to make the connection with a router, or some will guide you through a printer and PC connection. However, there is no wrong ideology behind the WiFi setup. You will only need systematic instructions to set the printer with a cableless network. Let’s check the procedure out. 
 

If you need a cableless network, pick any of the below methods and perform the instructions for Windows or Mac. 

• Manual WiFi Setup
• WPS Setup
• Standard Connection Method
• Connect Wireless Canon Printer to Windows
• Connect Wireless Canon Printer to Mac

How to Manually Set Up WiFi on a Printer (Canon)?

The first method is to connect the printer to a cableless connection via manual setup. People with no experience might get confused during the process. So, here are the detailed instructions.

• Press the power button on your printer.
• Tap the Settings option on the control panel.
• Use the arrow to visit the Devices Settings.
• Now, you need to click the OK button.
• Click the Arrow button until the LAN Settings show up.
• After that, tap the OK button.
• Click on the arrow until the wireless LAN setup displays.
• Press the OK button on the next screen.
• The printer will now look for the available networks.
• Also, the WiFi LED will constantly be blinking.
• If the search process is taking time, you can tap on Stop.
• Now, a wireless LAN setup and standard setup will open up.
• Press the OK button in the next step.
• Click on OK after the screen displays Connected. 

How to Set Up WiFi Using the WPS Connection?

WiFi Protected Setup is a method that allows you to connect network devices and secure a cableless network. It allows you to access the network without SSID or password. If you are working with a router or access point that supports WPS, learn the easier process of connecting to your home network. 

• Click the WiFi setup icon on the control panel.

• Then, tap Wi-Fi on the LAN settings.
• In the Wi-Fi settings list, click on Settings.

• Next, go to the Advanced settings.
• Now, you need to tap the Wi-Fi setup.
• In the Wi-Fi Setup window, tap the WPS (Push button method).

• Click the OK button in the next step.
• Tap and hold the WPS button on your wireless router.
• Click the OK button on your printer within 2 minutes. 

• When the “Connected to the wireless router” appears, click OK.
• Click on the Home button on the left side of the screen.

If you are using a Mac device, go to the application software and proceed with the on-screen setup instructions. 

How to Set Up WiFi Via Standard Connection Method?

There is another way to connect your printer to a WiFi network. You can try the standard connection method and run the setup. Here, you will need to complete the setup in three steps.

Step 1

• If you are a Windows user, load up the CD that came with your printer.
• Then, you need to run the setup.
• If you are a Mac user, download the software and manuals to continue.
• When the next screen appears, tap the Next button.
• Mac Users- enter the password on the prompted screen.
• Then, click the Install Helper option.
• Click the Next button on the prompted screen.
• Make sure that the printer is switched on.
• Also, the power lamp on the printer should be lit.
• After that, tap the Next button. 

Step 2

• Firstly, you need to click on “Connect to the network.”
• Then, click on Cableless Setup on the next screen.
• Now, the “Connection via Cableless Setup” screen displays.
• Next, you must tap and hold the Wi-Fi button.
• Hold the button until the alarm light blinks two times.

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• Then, release the button when the alarm light flashes a second time.
• Now, you need to confirm that the Wi-Fi lamp blinks quickly.
• And also, make sure that the green power lamp is on.
• Now, you have to tap the Next button.
• Again, click on the Next option.
• Select Wireless Setup Using the USB Cable (Windows XP users only).

Step 3

• If the following screen appears, choose a region.
• Click the Next button on your screen.
• On the next screen, choose a place of residence.
• Then, you need to click the Next option.
• On the next screen, choose the software you want to install.
• After selecting software, tap on the Next option.
• On the next window, tap on the Yes button.
• It will permit the end user license agreement.
• Window Users Only: 
      a. Click the Next button on the screen.
      b. Now, your printer model and SSID name will be displayed.
      c. Tap the Complete option on the next window.
• Mac Users Only: 
      a. On your screen, tap on Add Printer.
      b. Select the Canon IJ Network driver version.
      c. Tap the Add button on the screen.
      d. Click the Next option to finalize the setup.

Now, these steps conclude the cableless setup on your Mac and Windows correctly.

How to Connect a Canon Wireless Printer to Windows?

In this guide, you have learned the methods to connect a cableless setup for a Canon printer. Now, in order to complete the setup, learn to connect the device (Windows).

• In the first step, connect the printer to WiFi.
• Then, download the printer driver from the official page.
• Next, double-tap the downloaded file.
• Now, you have to complete the installation steps.
• In the next step, tap the Window key + R.
• Next, the Run dialogue box will open.
• Now, enter “control/name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters.”

• After that, click the OK button.
• Then, the Devices and Printers folder will open.
• Next, your screen will display the Add Printer option.
• Click the Add Printer button and follow the prompts. 

Now, you need to complete the process on Windows with on-screen prompts. If you need, you can also connect your PC and printer using a USB cable. 

How to Connect Wireless Canon Printer to Mac?

Now, Mac users can try the following instructions to connect a cableless setup. 

• Firstly, you will need to turn on the Mac device and printer.
• Next, connect the printer to the wireless network.
• Now, go to the official page and download the printer driver.
• Then, complete the driver installation process.
• After that, go to the Apple Menu.
• In the menu, you have to click the System and Preferences option.

• On the next screen, select the Printers and Scanners option.

• Thereafter, you need to click the “+” sign and add the printer.
• From the pop-up window, choose your printer.
• Then, tap on the Add button.
• After adding your printer, its icon will appear on the screen.
• Finally! You are all set on a Mac device.