Advanced technology trends made it easy to control canon printers from your iPhone. You can pair your iPhone with a smart canon printer without needing a PC. Connecting iPhone to a canon printer makes things easier and more accessible.
In this article, we have discussed how to connect Canon Printer to iPhone, we have discussed two methods: Wirelessly and with a USB cable.
Wirelessly Connect Canon Printer to iPhone
Wireless Connectivity is one of the most reliable features of the advanced and new canon printers. There are three ways to connect a canon printer to iPhone wirelessly.
1- Connect Cannon Printer Wirelessly With WPS
The first method of connecting the canon printer to the iPhone is WPS (WIFI Protected Setup). Here is how to do this:
- Turn on Canon Printer and make sure it’s near the wifi router.
- Press and hold the wifi button on the printer until its light is On.
- After two minutes, Press the WPS button on the router
- A blue light on your printer will turn ON, indicating that it is searching for a wireless network.
- After some time, the blinking of the printer’s WiFi router stops, indicating a successful and stable connection.
- Now on your phone, select the file or document you want to print and tap on the “Print” option.
- Select canon printer from the connected devices and tap “Print” to begin printing.
2- Connect Cannon Printer Wirelessly Without WPS
You can also connect your canon printer wirelessly without WPS by installing wifi connection assistant or canon network device setup utilities for PCs.
- Install WiFi connection Assistant on your Mac or Canon network device setup utilities.
- Launch its function.
- Turn On your Canon Printer and connect it to the USB.
- Continue the connection setup with the Wizard Found option in the installed connection assistant.
- Set the connection option to IPV4.
- Type in Printer’s password, which is its serial number.
- Choose the wifi network and enter sits passwords.
- Remove the USB Cable after the connection is completed.
- Add the Canon Printer using your phone’s “Add a Device” option.
- Now you can use the printer wirelessly.
3- Connect Canon Printer Wirelessly via AirPrint
- Your iPhone and canon Printer must be connected to the same wifi network.
- From your iPhone, open the document you want to print.
- Locate and tap the share icon to open the list of options.
- Select your Canon printer and Tap “Print” to start printing.
2- Connect Canon Printer to iPhone With a USB Cable
You can connect a canon printer to your iPhone using a USB-C-to-Lightning cord. Follow the below steps to perform this function.
- Turn on your Canon Printer.
- Insert the USB end of the cable to your canon printer and the Lightning port side to your phone.
- Add canon printer to iPhone. Your phone will have a pop-up notification to ask for confirmation.
- Tap on “Ok” on the notification to continue the further process.
- Next, Find the documents you want to print from your iPhone.
- Tap the share icon to find multiple sharing options, including the Print option.
- Select “Print,” and it will display the printer machine connected.
- Select canon Printer from the list and tap “Print” at the upper right corner of your iPhone screen to start the document printing process.
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