How to Connect a Canon Printer to WiFi?

Connect Canon Printer to WiFi:

Are you having trouble while setting up your Canon printer on your wireless network, then you have done the right thing by approaching us. Here, we are available with different steps that you need to carry out in order to connect Canon printer to WiFi.

Connecting your Canon printer to the wifi network has 3 parts. The first two parts deal with the setup process and the third part is particularly about how to deal with any issue related to the Canon printer.

So, let us begin with the process to connect Canon printer to WiFi.

Method 1: Connect Canon Printer to WiFi Network

Connecting your Canon printer to wifi network is a piece of cake. Below mentioned are the steps that you are required to perform in order to connect the two.

Step 1: Press the On/Off button for turning on your Canon printer device.

Step 2: Press the button of Settings and then press the button of arrow. After reaching the device settings, select Ok.

Step 3: Hit arrow button. This will display LAN settings on your screen. After that, select Ok.

Step 4: Again, hit the arrow button and then the wireless LAN setup will open up before you and then select Ok.

After that, your printer device will start searching for a wireless network. While you do that, the light will continue to flash.

Step 5: If the process of searching goes on for a long while, then press Stop. This will launch wireless LAN setup, standard setup. After that, press Ok.

Step 6: Hit the arrow button till you find a wireless network and then hit Ok.

Step 7: After that, enter the passphrase for your wireless network and then select Ok.

Step 8: Hit Ok one more time, when the screen shows Connected.

Method 2: Add Your Canon Printer to Computer

Once you are done connecting your Canon printer to the wireless network, the next thing that you need to do is to add your PC in order to make it work. Given below are the steps that you need to follow in order to add your printer device to your PC.

Step 1: Press R key and Windows logo key simultaneously on your keyboard. After that, you need to copy and then paste control/name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters in the box and then select Ok.

Step 2: Select Add a printer and then follow the prompts appearing on the screen for completing the process. Now that you are done with the complete process of connecting your Canon printer to the wireless network. After that, try to test print a document.

Method 3: How to Make Your Canon Printer Device Work Properly

In case your printer unit is behaving abnormally and error notifications are showing up on the screen or it becomes completely unresponsive, then that may be because your printer driver is corrupt or outdated.

Therefore, to resolve this issue, then you need to update your printer driver. In case you don’t have much time to perform a manual update, then you must go for an automatic update by installing software that can perform the update for you.

So, these are all the steps that you are required to carry out in order to connect Canon printer to the wifi network.

In case your Canon printer is not working properly, then that may be because your printer is outdated. Therefore, you need to perform an update to fix this Canon printer wifi problem. You can either go for an automatic update or manual update.

Connect Canon Printer to WiFi:

First of all, we will configure the Canon printer to connect to the wireless network using SSID and password. Once it is connected, we will go to your computer and add the Canon printer to it. Note that both computers and printers must be connected on the same wireless network to connect.

• To turn on the printer module, press the power button on your printer and wait a few seconds to load all of its configurations.
• Now click on the settings icon which is shown on your printer. The settings icon may vary depending on the model to model.
• Now click on the Next button at the bottom of your screen and click on OK button when the option of device settings is available.
• Now, navigate to the LAN settings, click on the Next button and press OK.
• To navigate the wireless LAN setup now press the arrow settings and press OK.
• Now, your printer will start searching for signals and the light blink will start. It will search for available Wi-Fi networks to connect.
• After finding the available WiFi network. It will show the list of all the networks within its range. Now, use the arrow buttons to select the right one wifi network and press OK.
• Now you will be asked to insert the password. Here comes the hard part. You will need to change the format of the input you are given by pressing the '*' button on your keyboard. The modes will be replaced with numeric, uppercase, and lower case letters. Once you have selected the correct format of the input, you can use the key to enter the password and press OK.
• Once the printer is connected successfully, notification will show on your printer screen.
• Press the key Windows + R and then type "Control / Name Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters" in the dialogue box and click on OK button.
• Now click on Add a printer at the top of the window screen. Windows will not automatically detect the printer on the network and will list it here. Click on the Printer and select Next.

Aforementioned is the complete process to connect Canon printer to wifi connection. If you have any difficulty during the working of your Canon printer.

You can visit our website and get the solution from our website more. You can talk directly with our Canon printer team on call. They will provide a better solution for your Canon printer related problem.

Method 1 : WPS Connection Method to Connect Canon Printer to WiFi

• Ensure that your printer is on.
• On the top of the printer, press and hold the Wi-Fi button till the alarm lamp flashes at least once.
• The lamp will flash blue and then go to your access point.
• Within the next 2 minutes, press the WPS button.
• While it’s searching, the blue light of the Wi-Fi lamp will continue flashing.
• And then while connecting to the access point, the power and Wi-Fi lamp will keep flashing.
• The power and Wi-Fi lamp will stop flashing and remain lit, once your printer has successfully made a connection to your wireless network.

Network Settings Confirmation

• Ensure that your printer is on.
• Load a sheet of A4 or letter-sized plain paper in the tray.
• Until the alarm lamp flashes 15 times, press and hold the resume or cancel button and then release it.
• The network information page will be printed.
• Before taking the printout, check that the Connection indicates Active and the SSID (SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER/network name) signifies the right name of your wireless network.
• Now your WPS setup procedure is completed.

Now you require proceeding with installing the software to use the PIXMA MG3540 well.

Method 2 : Standard Connection Method to Connect Canon Printer to WiFi

• If you are a window user, insert the CD you got with your printer and then run the setup.
• Click on Next, once the initial screen appears.

If You are a Mac User

• Enter the password to allow the helper tool to be installed, in the first screen that appears.
• And then click on install helper.
• In the next step, click on Next.
• Note that a screen will appear in front of you asking you to select between USB and wireless connection.
• Next click on Wireless connection.
• You have to make sure that your printer, as well as power lamp, is turned ON and then click on Next.

Click on Connect to the Network

• Click on cableless setup, in the next step.
• For Windows XP users the cableless install method is not supported, please click on the [Other setups] method.
• When the [Connection via Cableless setup] screen appears, press and hold down the printer’s Wi-Fi button till the orange alarm lamp flashes twice.
• Release the button after the second flash.
• Make sure that the blue Wi-Fi lamp flashes first and the green power lamp remains lit.
• Click on Next.

Note: Your network connection will be temporarily disabled during the setup.

• In the next screen, click on Next.
• If you are Windows XP users, click on Wireless Setup Using the USB Cable.
• In the next step, a map will appear on your screen, click on your region and then on Next.
• In the next step, click on your country or place of residence and then click on Next. (in case you cannot find your country or place in the list, click on others).
• Now click on the software you wish to install and then again click on Next. (No worries if you cannot decide which software to install because you can uninstall them whenever you want). (For both Windows and Mac users).
• In the next step, click on Yes to agree to the end-user license agreement and then again click on Next.
• The next screen will display the model of your printer and your SSID or network name of your wireless network.
• Next click on Complete.
• Now you are done setting up your windows cableless setup.

For Windows XP users or users, continue with the USB installation where the printer could not be detected to connect Canon printer to WiFi.

(For Mac Users Only)

• Click on Add printer.
• Next, click on Canon IJ Network driver version and then click on Add.
• Now click on next to complete the setup.
• Your Mac Cableless setup is completed.

USB cable setup for Windows XP users and where the network connection was not detected to connect Canon printer to WiFi

• Click on Set up network connection via USB and then on Next.
• Plug your printer to your computer system using the supplied USB cable.
• Click on Next if you are a Mac user.
• The name of the access point that your computer is connected to will display “xxxxxxxxxxxxx”, once your printer is being detected.
• Click on Yes if you want to connect to a wireless network.
• Now click on Allow if you are a Mac user and then again click on NEXT.
• Click on Complete if you are a windows user.
• The windows setup is now completed.

For Mac Users Only

• Once the printer is detected, the name of the access point (“xxxxxxxxxxxxx”) will appear on your screen to which your computer is connected to and then click on OK.
• Click on add printer.
• Click on Canon IJ Network and then on Add.
• Finally, click on Next to complete the setup.

We hope the above article helped you to connect Canon printer to WiFi with several methods.