Why Can't My Mobile Device Connect to a Wireless Canon Printer?

Wireless printing is one of the convenient feature of printer. You do not have to go through the hassle of connecting wires everywhere and to each device. You can simply connect them through the wireless methods like WPS and wireless setup Wizard. It will establish a connection between your printer and your device and thereafter you can print anything easily. As we become more and more dependent on the technology. Our devices have become smart too, nowadays you do not need a whole computer setup or even a laptop. You can complete most of your work through the smart phones. You can connect the mobile to the printer wireless and make print. Even phones have a good storage memory and therefore we save most of the documents there. But sometimes there are issues and errors and you’re not able to connect the mobile phone to a Canon printer. 

There can be many reasons why this happens. Let’s have a look at some of them. 

• Due to poor internet connection. 
• The misconfigured IMAP or POP settings. 
• The phone not compatible with the Canon printer model. 
• The phone and printer not connected to the same Wi-Fi network. 
• Either the printer driver or mobile is not updated. 
• Printer not set as the default printing device on your mobile. 

These are some of the reasons why your devices are not able to make the connection. Check for the above mentioned causes and troubleshoot the errors away. Let’s have a look at the steps on how to connect printer to iPhone. The easiest way is using the Airprint feature, where you can directly connect your printer to iPhone wirelessly. 

Let’s have a look at the steps:

• First, you need to open the image or document you need to print. 
• Find the print option in app's share icon. 
• In the pop up, scroll down to the printer icon. 
• Tap on print and then select the printer. 
• Thereafter, select print option and you cam now print anything directly from your iPhone. 

Although Canon printers are known for their quality, they do some errors from time to time. Here are some reasons if you are wondering, why won’t my Canon printer print? The paper jams can disable the printer’s ability to print. There may be low ink cartridge in your printer. Sometimes it can be simply that you have a faulty network connection. The print jobs stuck in printer queue. There is nothing you need to worry about. Most of these issues can be resolved through common ways of troubleshooting.

Steps to Fix Canon printer not printing:

• Make sure there is enough ink in the printer to make prints. 
• Clean the printer thoroughly for any paper jams. 
• Clean the nozzle and print head. 
• Cancel all the print jobs in the queue and give the command one by one. 
• The printer should be set as the default printing device on your computer. 
• The printer and device must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. 

If these methods do not help, reset the printer and update the printer driver.  #RenanBuiatti