How to connect your PIXMA printer to your computer wirelessly

Before Setting Up

It's easy to enjoy the freedom of printing wirelessly from anywhere in your home or office. Learn how to connect your Canon PIXMA printer to your laptop or computer through Wi-Fi.

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Setting up Wireless Printing to your Laptop or Computer

To do this, you'll need the printer's 'driver' software.

This is available on your installation CD, and can also be downloaded from the website.

Select your printer from the support page to download the driver.

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As you go through the installation routine, make sure you choose the ‘Wi-Fi Network Recommended’ option. Your Wi-Fi username and password will be uploaded to the printer as part of the software installation procedure.

Watch the video below for a visual demonstration of the installation process.

There are two types of Wi-Fi the printer can be configured to use:

An existing network: this is the most common method and it involves connecting to your current Wi-Fi network. Use this method if you already have a WI-FI network in your home. Watch the full video here.

Wireless direct: connect directly to your printer from your device. Use this method if you don’t have a Wi-Fi network in your home. Watch the full video here.

Connect your PIXMA to your computer wirelessly in three steps

Learn how to connect your Canon PIXMA or MAXIFY printer to your laptop or computer through Wi-Fi, simply by following these three easy steps.

1. With the device switched on navigate to the 'set up' menu then select 'Wireless LAN set up'. Then choose your wireless access point or wireless router from the list, enter your password then press 'end set up'. One the flashing blue wireless light goes solid blue, you're connected. And that's the first stage complete.

2. To install the printer driver, double click on the icon to unzip the driver. If not already on your desktop, you can download this driver from your PIXMA set up CD. After reading the welcome screen, and click 'next'. Wait a few moments while the printer detection process takes place, and click 'next'. Then select 'Pacific region' as place of residence and click 'next'. Finally, the license agreement is displayed and to agree, choose 'yes' then 'complete' and your printer driver installation is now complete.

3. Your device should now be able to print wirelessly - to test this, click on your 'Start' menu at the bottom left of your screen, and choose 'control panel' in 'printers and faxes' and choose your PIXMA printer. Right click on the PIXMA icon then choose printer properties. A new window will open up. Choose 'print test page' and wait for the test page to print.