How to Connect Canon Printer to Mac?

Get Details About How to Connect a Canon Printer to Mac Device

Canon is a brand, known for their quality services and products. The commonly used products of Canon are printers with varying configurations. Canon printers are chosen by most of the users as it gives sharp printing quality and durability.

How to Connect a Canon Printer to Apple OS?

If a user is trying to connect the Canon printer to a Mac device, the connection completely depends on the printer being used. In the latest models of Canon printers, AirPrint is used for connecting whereas for older versions, printer drivers are downloaded.

Before setting up a Canon printer on a Mac device, a user is required to connect it to a Wi-Fi network. If the printer has the feature of Wi-Fi protected setup, follow the steps mentioned below to get details about how to add a Canon printer to Mac:

• Open Airport Utility which is located in the Utilities folder under the Application folder.

• In case of Airport Utility, select the base station and then if prompted, enter the password of the base station.

• Select Base station and then Add WPS printer using the menu bar.

• Then, select the option of First Try or PIN so as to allow with the type of WPS connection.

• Click the Continue button. If a user selects the First attempt option, press the WPS button on the Canon printer.

• When the MAC address appears in the Airport Utility of the printer, click the Done option.

• In case of PIN, enter the password or PIN.

• Quit the Airport Utility.

• After that, visit the option of System Preferences, then Printers & Scanners and finally the + button.

• Keep the default tab open and selected so that Mac device can search for the printers in order to connect it to the Wi-Fi network.

• Choose the Canon printer from the list.

• Finally, click the Add Now option to get the list.

If there is any query about how to connect Canon printer to Mac, contact the technical executives. The support team will assist with the best assistance and they can be contacted using the contact info available on Apple.