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How to connect a Canon printer to a wireless network

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Connecting a Canon printer to a wireless network is an easy process and can be done in just a few steps. With Canon printer support, you can follow their instructions to connect the printer with your wireless network and start printing without any hassle.

Having a wireless network connection for your Canon printer allows you to print documents, photos, and other materials from any device within range of the network connection. It also enables you to use mobile printing options such as Air-Print or Google Cloud Print to print directly from your smartphone or tablet.

Connecting printer to WiFi network

A shared connection, such as WiFi, is used to connect a wireless Canon printer to a device. As a result, it is critical to connect the printer to the same WiFi network as your computer.

This is simple to accomplish using the WPS approach, which is briefly described in the next section.

Method of WPS connection - Connect your Canon printer to a wifi network.

Before proceeding with this procedure, ensure that your WiFi router has a WPS button. In addition, the router must support the WPA or WPA2 security protocols.

·        To begin, make sure your printer and wifi router are both turned on.

·        Then, from the touch screen, navigate to the printer's 'Home' and press and hold the 'WiFi' button.

·        Next, choose 'LAN Wireless Setup' and hit 'OK'. At this point, your printer will look for your wireless network's access point.

·        Select your WiFi Network (canon in your router settings).

·        Then, choose the WiFi access point, which will prompt you for a passcode or WPA key. Enter your WiFi password and then click the 'OK' button.

 

Here's how to connect a wireless Canon printer to a PC running Windows.

·        The first step is to connect the Canon printer to the computer's WiFi network and set it up (followed by the procedures outlined above).

·        Then, go to the Canon website and download the printer driver.

·        After that, double-click the downloaded file to finish the installation process and proceed to the following steps.

·        To open the Run command, press Win Key + R.

·        In the Run dialogue box, type control/name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters.

·        Select OK.

·        The 'Devices and Printers' folder will now be shown.

·        On this window, you will notice the 'Add Printer' button.

·        Click the Add Printer button and follow the on-screen directions.

·        Finish this procedure by clicking OK.

·        You have just completed the Canon wireless printer connection process on Windows. You may begin using your printer by printing a test page.

 

Remarks - If you wish to connect your Canon printer to your computer or laptop through USB, make sure that the printer and PC are properly linked via the USB Cable. After that, follow the instructions above to download and install the drivers with the help of canon printer technical support number.



 

If you have any trouble with you canon printer, immediately call on: +1-800-673-6183

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Visit to: https://www.customerprintersupport.com/how-to-use-canon-printer.html

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