How to Connect Canon Printer to WiFi

Have you spent hours and hours looking for a guide to connect a Canon printer to WiFi? Then here is a detailed guide that will not only take you through the easy setup of how to connect a Canon printer to WiFi but also throw light on other important aspects. 

While there are several printer brands on the market, Canon is the first choice of the consumers when it comes to perfect printing. Read the entire guide  below to know why Canon printer won't connect to wifi?

Before giving you solutions to your ‘how to connect my Canon printer to WiFi’ question, look at the following instructions carefully. These instructions will help you prepare before the process starts.

Make sure that you have plugged in your Canon printer properly. If the printer is asking for the internet connection, connect Canon printer to WiFi or arrange a cable connection and connect your printer with the router. 

It is important that your new Canon printer has an installation software. If you have bought a Canon printer CD, install the application, and make it ready to run the setup of the printer.

If you have bought one of the most recent printers then your printer may not demand this process. Old-designed printers need a go through the CD installation and configuration  method. 

If you have to install through a CD and do not know the process. Read the method of how to set up a Canon printer through a CD and implement the mentioned steps carefully.

You must have an internet connection connected to your Canon printer. The printer will ask the password of the wireless internet connection. Hence, choose a wireless connection with the help of an LCD panel and provide the correct password to connect. 

Go through your printer’s on-screen instructions to test precise information about how to synchronize your printer model with the Internet.

You can also get an online instruction guide to configure your printer to the computer on the official website of Canon printers. Head to the website and click on the ‘Support’ tab, choose the option of ‘Manual’ and scroll down the ‘Menu’ to enter the details of your Canon printer.

Your operating system has to be connected with the same WPS or LAN connection that is connected to your printer to access the internet. 

If you make sure of the aforementioned points, your printer, operating system and internet connection will be ready to be connected with each other. Now read and implement the following methods.

How to Install Canon Printer Via CD?

Turn on the Canon printer on the other side, turn on the operating system as well

Insert the ‘Setup Canon Printer CD’ into the CD drive

The driver will read the CD and the option to open the fill will prompt on your screen, if not

Go to the ‘My Computer’ section, click on the ‘CD-ROM’ and open the file

Click on the ‘Install’ and let the computer install it

Once the installation is done, click on the ‘Run’ button and exit.

This is how you will be able to install the Canon printer setup on your computer through a CD-ROM.

Now, this guide will take you through the three most important methods, one is to connect Canon printer to wifi, second is to connect the printer to a computer and third and the last is to find out why the printer is encountering issues.

How to Connect a Canon Printer to Your Computer

Once you connect a Canon printer to a WiFi or wireless network, you must connect your operating system (computer, laptop or Mac) with the printer to make it work. The below-mentioned instructions will guide you in doing so.

Connect your Canon printer to a Windows device

Open your Windows operating system and click on ‘Windows’ and ‘R’ keys together

‘Windows Run’ will open, type: ‘Control/name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters’ and click on ‘Ok’

Now, besides the ‘Add a device’, there is a tab of ‘Add a printer’ click on it.

You can complete the procedure by following the on-screen instructions. Once connecting your Canon printer gets connected to your computer you can start your printer and test its printing quality. 

How to Make Sure That Your Canon Printer Is Working Properly?

At times, despite taking care of your printing device really well, it acts a little weird.

You are encountering with ‘Canon Printer Error’ notifications

Canon Printer is not printing at all 

There could be several other problems you are facing while using the Canon printer, the most possible reasons behind the error are that you are using the outdated printer device or the printer device has been corrupted due to any virus attack on your operating system. 

How to Update a Canon Printer?

To get rid of this problem you must update your Canon printer driver. If you do not know the procedure of updating a Canon printer, follow the below-mentioned steps.

Turn on the Canon printer and ensure that you have internet access

Go to the ‘Menu’ on the printer and click on ‘Setup’

Hit the ‘Ok’ key and select the option of ‘Device Settings’ and again press ‘Ok’

Navigate yourself towards the option of ‘Install Update’ and click on it

The system will ask for the confirmation, click on ‘Yes, I want to update the canon printer’

Leave the printer for a while and let the update be completed. This entire process may take a longer time. If you are running out of time and looking for another way to fix the Canon printer that is not working, then read below. 

Conclusion:

The above-mentioned methods were very effective and will get you easy and fast results. In any case, if your Canon printer not connecting to wifi could not start or be fixed by following one or more of the aforementioned methods, you may contact our technical experts for help. Now that you know how to connect the Canon printer to WiFi of popular models of Canon, do not hesitate to try them out.