Experiencing difficulties connecting your Canon printer to Wi-Fi, especially after changing your router? It’s a common frustration when your printer stubbornly tries to connect to an old network. If you’ve spent hours searching for a solution, you’re not alone. Canon’s official guides can sometimes be overly technical and unhelpful for the average user. This guide offers a straightforward workaround to get your Canon printer back online, focusing on a practical approach that worked for many users facing similar issues.
Step-by-Step Guide to Reconnecting Your Canon Printer
This method involves temporarily adjusting your new router settings to mimic your old network, allowing your printer to recognize and connect. Don’t worry, it sounds more complicated than it is, and we’ll walk you through each step.
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Access Your Router Settings: You’ll need to log in to your router’s settings page. Typically, you can do this by typing your router’s IP address (often
192.168.1.1or192.168.0.1) into your web browser. You’ll need your router’s username and password to proceed. -
Temporarily Change Your Router Name (SSID) and Password: Find the Wi-Fi settings in your router interface. For a brief period, change your new router’s Wi-Fi name (SSID) and password back to exactly what they were for your old router. Make a note of your current new router name and password before you change them, as you’ll need to revert back later.
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Connect Your Printer Using the Canon App: Now, use your Canon printer’s app (like Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY) on your smartphone or computer. Since your router is temporarily broadcasting the old network details, your printer should now be able to connect. Within the app, look for a ‘change Wi-Fi settings’ or similar option. This option might only appear once the printer establishes a connection.
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Revert Your Router Settings: Immediately after your printer connects to Wi-Fi (or you find the ‘change Wi-Fi settings’ option in the app), go back into your router settings and change the Wi-Fi name (SSID) and password back to your current, new router settings that you noted down in step 2.
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Update Wi-Fi Settings in the Canon App: Return to the Canon app and use the ‘change Wi-Fi settings’ option you found in step 3. Now, enter your current, new Wi-Fi name and password. This step tells your printer to connect to your actual new network.
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Restart the App and Test the Connection: Force close and reopen the Canon app. Try sending a test print job to your printer. With the updated Wi-Fi information, your Canon printer should now be connected to your new Wi-Fi network and ready to print.
Conclusion
While this workaround isn’t ideal, it provides a practical solution when official methods fail. By temporarily bridging the gap between your old and new network settings, you can successfully reconnect your Canon printer to Wi-Fi without needing to reset every device on your network. Hopefully, this guide helps you bypass the frustration and get back to printing quickly.
