How To Connect Your Canon Printer To A Mobile Device?

Those days are gone when you required a computer and a printer to print a document or a photo. Today, you can easily print your documents on the go with a Canon printer and your Android smartphone's Wi-Fi network if you know how to connect a Canon printer to your Android smartphone.

Wireless printing is an increasingly famous option for Android smartphones for printing pictures, emails, documents, and other content-related tasks. But if you do not know how to connect a Canon printer to your Android smartphone, using a Canon mobile printing app can be tricky.

Using a Canon printer, let's look at ways to print pictures and documents directly from your Android smartphone wirelessly. There are two methods to connect a Canon printer to your mobile device:

• Connecting through a Wi-Fi network with a Canon Print App
• Selecting a peer-to-peer (P2P) direct connection

How You Can Connect a Canon Printer to Your Smartphone through Wi-Fi Network

Follow these instructions to set up a Canon printer for your Android/iOS device:

1. The first step is to download a Canon Print App from your Google Play Store for Android or the App Store for iOS
2. Next, install it, and make sure your printer is plugged in and turned on
3. Then, check your Wi-Fi network signal (blue light) on a printer, make sure it flashes fast with the online light on
4. Now, launch your Canon Print App
5. Then, click on the Add Printer on your main screen
6. After that, click on Register Printer > Printer Setup
7. Now, click on the Connection through Wireless Router option
8. Select the access point or wireless network name you want to use
9. Provide the password for the wireless network and click on OK
10. When your network settings have been sent to a Canon printer, click on OK when prompted
11. Finally, confirm that your printer is detected and choose a printer name to connect your device to it
12. Lastly, click on OK to confirm and use a Print option to operate your test print

How You Can Connect a Canon Printer to Your Smartphone through P2P Direct Connection

1. The first step is to press Direct Connection on Mobile Portal
2. Next, using the app's scanner, scan your QR code and then follow the guidelines
3. After that, connect your Android smartphone to your printer through Bluetooth
4. Now, optionally, you can touch your smartphone or tab to a Canon printer through Near Field Communication (NFC).
5. Lastly, this process needs extra smartphone accessories

Note: Direct connection can support up to 5 smartphones at a time.

How You Can Print from Your Smartphone with a Wireless Router

Once you have learned to connect a Canon printer to a smartphone, you can print wirelessly through a Wi-Fi network. Let's see how to send pictures from an Android device to a SELPHY Printer using a Wi-Fi network.

1. The first step is you have to connect your smartphone with a Canon Print Inkjet SELPHY through a Wi-Fi network; Android 4.1 and above is required
2. Next, check your phone's Android version (Settings > About Phone or My Phone) to find out if your device reaches the requirements
3. Then, for iOS, iOS 9.0 and higher is required
4. After that, download a Canon Print Inkjet/SELPHY app from your Google Play Store or App Store
5. Now, turn on a Wi-Fi network on your smartphone and connect it to SELPHY
6. Lastly, start printing by pressing a Canon Print Inkjet/SELPHY icon on your smartphone

Why You Can't Connect a Canon Printer to Your Smartphone

Before using a wireless network connection, you should read Wi-Fi network cautions in your Canon printer's manual. You can ignore normal connectivity problems when using your Canon printer through a Wi-Fi network with an Android smartphone.

Here are some of the top causes why you can't connect your Canon printer to a mobile device:

• The Android smartphone is in airplane mode: First, check your device to see if Airplane Mode is on and turn it off. Then, reconnect with your printer.
• The Android version of your smartphone is not supported: Canon printers may not support a Wi-Fi network connection with smartphones running Android OS versions below 4.1. Therefore, before starting, check the setting of your smartphone to ensure that it fulfills the OS requirements of your printer.
• Connection with a Wi-Fi network in ad-hoc mode: Your phone cannot install a wireless (Wi-Fi) network connection with the Canon printer in ad-hoc mode.
• Not every feature can be used with wireless printing: Some features of Canon printers are not available when you are printing documents with a Wi-Fi network.

How To Connect a Canon Wireless Printer?

Canon printers have many attractive features, one of which is connecting a PC or smartphone (both Android smartphones and iPhones) through wireless LAN to print documents with comfort. Here is how to use the printer's wireless process:

How to Change Your Canon Printer Settings

• The First is to make sure your Canon printer is on
• Then, click on and hold the Wi-Fi network button, and release the power lamp when it blinks 3 times
• After that, make sure the power lamp turns from flashing to lit
• Lastly, if it does not change, repeat step 2 mentioned above.

To connect to a Wi-Fi network with your printer, please follow the instructions outlined in the first part of this write-up blog post. Once connected, you can print your pictures, documents, and more using the Print as mentioned above option.

Conclusion

When you are familiar with connecting a Canon printer to your Android smartphone, you can wirelessly print pictures, documents, emails, and other content from your Android smartphone by just using a Canon printer.

These printers come with many interesting features and specs, and one of their capabilities will allow you to print through a Wi-Fi network with an Android smartphone or iPhone.