What are the steps to connect your Canon printer to Wi-Fi?
Canon printer is an advanced printer series that provides multifunctionality to the users. For home users, Canon is a very good device as these printers are small in size so the user can easily place the printer anywhere at home. Canon inkjet provides good quality printouts; you can take color printouts with a good speed. At home, people use many devices to work. Canon printer provides a sharing facility. You can easily share one printer with all your devices. Now you don’t have to connect the Canon device with a system using the cable for connection. Users can also use the Wi-Fi for taking the printout wirelessly. You can connect the Canon device with the home network using Wi-Fi for sharing the printer.
Unbox your new Canon printer
- Place your Canon box on a flat surface
- Remove the tape and open the box
- Take out your Canon printer carefully
- Place the printer on a clean surface
- Take out the cartridge and check for CD, USB cable, printer manual, and power cord
- Remove all the proactive tapes from the printer and cartridge
- Connect your power cable to the printer and switch it on
If the green lamp next to the Canon power button is glowing that means your printer is working. Now insert your cartridge and then install the driver on the commanding devices.
Why and how to install the Canon printer driver?
The user needs to install the driver on the computer for communication. Your printer requires a bridge to understand the commands of your computer. When your computer hits the ctrl+P keys for the print command; the driver transfers the command to your printer. Every printer model has a different printer driver. You have to install the correct printer driver on the system for taking the printouts. Go to your device and check for a CD drive. If your system has a CD drive then insert the Canon CD and copy setup on your device. Now double-click on Canon setup and it will start installing on the computer.
When the system does not have the CD drive; you can install your driver setup from the internet. Open the web browser on your system and search for the Canon website. Go to the driver page and search for the driver of your Canon model. Hit the download button for downloading the driver setup. Check the system requirements before installation. Now open the driver setup and double-click on it. Your Canon printer driver will start installing on the system.
How do I connect my Canon MG3000 printer to wifi?
You can connect the printer to your device using Wi-Fi. When you want to connect the printer with one device; you can use the Wi-Fi direct method. Check the driver on your PC/phone. If you have the Canon driver then open the Wi-Fi on the computer. Now press the Wi-Fi button on your printer. Search the nearby device and tap on your device name. Once connected; give the print command and Canon will start printing your document.
Connecting Canon printer to the network using Wi-Fi
When you want to use one Canon printer for various devices then connect the printer to the network. After connecting the printer with your home network; the user can access the Canon printer from all the devices.
- Use WPS method for Canon Wi-Fi connection
- If you have a physical WPS pin on the network then you can use it for printer connection.
- Go to Canon primer and press the Wi-Fi until its alarm flashed once
- Wi-Fi lamp will start flashing
- Check your router and press the WPS pin
Wi-Fi blue lamp will flash until the printer finds the network
When the printer finds the network; the lamp will remain lit.
After connecting the printer to the network; you need to check the network settings for confirmation. Load a page on your printer and press the Cancel button until your alarm lamp flashes 15 times. Release the button and your network page will get printed. Now you have to check the printout for Connection and SSID status. If both information is correct then your Canon printer is connected to the network successfully. But many access points don’t have the physical WPS pin. If your router doesn’t have a physical pin then you can connect the Canon printer to the network using the standard connection method.
