
Many Pixma printers are capable of connecting through a wired or wireless connection. Setting up a Pixma printer on your home network lets you connect your computers without physically plugging them into the printer.
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Step 1: Connect a Pixma printer to your network
Wi-Fi printer
- Make sure your printer is on and within range of your Wi-Fi network.
- Most Pixma printers will have an LCD screen that lists the available WiFi networks
- Press the Home button on the touchscreen, then press and hold the Wi-Fi button.
- Press the LAN Wireless setup button, then press OK.
- Select your Wi-Fi network from the list and enter your password, then press OK.
- The Power and Wi-Fi lights will stop flashing once you’re connected.
Network-capable wired printer
- If your printer is powered on, turn it off before proceeding.
- Look on the back of the printer for a wired network port.
- Connect the other end of the network cable to an available wired network port on your network router.
- Turn the printer on and wait several minutes for it to cycle through its start-up process and to connect to the network.
Step 2: Install and Setup Pixma printer driver
- Turn on the computer, and then insert the CD that came with the printer.
- After that, go to my computer icon, and double-click the CD drive.
- Follow the installation wizard, and once completed, your software is installed.
Step 3: Add a Pixma printer to your device
On Windows
- Turn on your printer and make sure it is connected to the network.
- Open the Start menu, Type Control Panel, and then hit enter.
- Click the “View devices and printers” under the Hardware and sound heading.

- Click the Add a printer in the menu bar at the top.
- If detected, select the printer and click Next.
- If the printer is not listed, click The printer that I want isn’t listed, and follow the onscreen instruction.
On Mac
- Click the Apple icon to open the Apple menu.
- In the Apple menu, click System Preferences.
- Then, click the Printers & Scanners icon.

- Click the + symbol in the lower-left section of the window.
- If detected, select the printer and click add button.
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