How To Install Canon Wireless Printer?

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Installing and setting up anything don’t take a lot of your time. In this blog we have covered how to install canon wireless printer? If you are somebody looking to do the same with your pc also then you have landed exactly the correct page. Read this blog till the end to know everything about how to do this.

We have mentioned here about how to connect and setup a canon wireless printer on your windows or mac computer. You can do this either by connecting over the internet, or by attaching your printer to your computer via a USB cable and allowing the printer to install and connect itself.

1. Preparing To Install
Make sure that your printer is plugged in and turned on. If your printer requires an ethernet connection to access the internet, you’ll also need to use an ethernet cable to plug the printer into your router.

2. Check to see if your printer has installation software. If your printer came with a CD into your computer and allow the installation program to run before you can set up the printer.

– This is unlikely for modern printers, but some older printers require CD installation ...
... before you can connect to them.

– To install via CD, simply insert the CD into your computer’s CD tray, then follow the on screen instructions. For a mac, you’ll need an external CD reader to perform this step.

3. Connect your printer to the internet. This will typically consist of using the printer’s LCD panel to select a wireless network and enter the password.

– Check your printer’s instruction manual to see specific instructions on connecting your printer model to the internet.

– You can find an online version of your printer’s instruction manual on canon’s website by clicking SUPPORT, selecting MANUALS in the drop down menu, clicking printers, and finding your printer’s model number.

4. Make sure that your computer is on the same network as your printer. For your wireless printer to recieve commands from your computer, both your computer and your printer must be connected to the same wi-fi network.

– If your printer is connected to a different wi-fi network than your computer, change your computer’s wi-fi network before proceeding.

Part 2 : Installing Your Windows

1. Open start, click the windows logo in the bottom left corner of the screen.

2. Open settings, click the settings gear in the lower-left side of the window.

3. Click Devices. You’ll find it at the top of the setting window.

4. Click Printers and scanners. This tab is on the left side of the window.

5. Click + add a printer or scanner. Its’s at the top of the page. Doing so opens a pop-up window.

– If you see the printer’s name ( e.g. “Canon [Model Number]”) in the “Printer’s and Scanners” section, your printer is already connected.

6. Click your printer’s name. It should be in the pop-up window. Doing so will prompt your computer to connect to the printer. Once, the connection process is complete you’ll be able to use the printer from your computer.

– If windows is unable to find the printer, skip to the next step.

7. Try installing the printer with a USB cable. If you didn’t see your printerin the add window, you may be able to install the printer by connecting it to your computer with a cable :

– Attach your printer to your computer with a USB-to-USB cable.

– Wait for the installation window to appear.

– Follow the on screen instructions.

Part 3 : On Mac

1. Open the apple menu. Click the apple logo in the top left corner of the screen. A drop down menu will appear.

2. Click system preferences. Its at the top of the drop down menu.

3. Click printers and scanners. The printer shaped icon is in the system preferences window.

4. Click +. Its near the bottom left corner of the window. Doing so prompts a pop-up window.

– If your printer is already connected over the network, you’ll see its name.

5. Click your printer’s name. It should appear in the drop down menu. Doing so will prompt the printer to begin setting up ; once its finished, you’ll see the printer’s name in the pane on the left side of the window, signifying that the printer has successfully connected to your mac.

– If you don’t see the printer’s name, skip to the next step.

6. Try installing the printer with a USB cable. If your mac couldn’t find your printer, you may be able to install the printer directly by using a USB cable:

– Update your mac.

– Attach the printer to your computer with a USB-to-USB C cable.

– Wait for the setup window to appear.

– Follow the on-screen prompts.

That’s all friends !!

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