If you are looking for solutions on how to connect Canon printer to laptop, we are here with solutions. Whether it is wireless or wired, you will know what has to be done by the time you finish reading the blog.

‎Canon Camera Connect is an application to transfer images shot with compatible Canon cameras to smartphone/tablet. By connecting to a camera with Wi-Fi (direct connection or via wireless router), this application provides the following features: ・Transfer and save camera images to a smartphone. Canon does not obtain, collect or use such images or any information included in such images through this app. Compatible with select smartphone and tablet devices (Android™ version 5.0 or later and the following iOS® devices: iPhone 4s or later, iPad 3rd gen. Or later, iPod Touch 5th gen. Or later) equipped with Bluetooth® version 4.1. Geotag Photos Pro is the complete geotagging solution. It consists of a mobile app (for iOS or Android) that records your position while you’re taking great photos and a desktop app that geotags your images using recorded data. All your recorded routes can then be exported as a GPX file via Dropbox, email, or the web. (Click here to learn more).

There is a need for a printer for office work or presentation for high school, once you know how to connect Canon printer to laptop with a USB cable, you can sort things quick & easy. Once the connection is established, you are ready with the printouts of your documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or anything.

How To Install Canon Printer To Laptop ?

Though Canon is known for its variety of printers including Canon Pixma mx490, canon g3000, canon mx922, canon mx472, etc., the installation method to set up printer to laptop by far involves similar steps.

So let’s explore the method on how to install Canon printer to laptop.

Step 1: Start with keeping the printer off and use a USB cable. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of printer and the other one on the computer.

Step 2: Insert Canon printer’s installation CD in the laptop or computer’s optical drive.

Step 3: Click “Cancel” on the next prompt of New Hardware Wizard.

Step 4: Once the CD has finished loading, follow the on-screen prompts. In case if the CD is not running the process automatically, click “Start”, go to Computer and double click on CD/DVD icon to find the CD’s content. Then double click on “Setup.exe” and run the program. Let the drivers get installed.

Step 5: Turn on the printer only when the Printer Connection screen appears. Keep following the prompts.

Step 6: Click ‘Exit’ once the wizard finishes.

These steps above explain how to install Canon printer to laptop. However, you don’t have an installation CD due to any reasons, you can visit the official Canon website to download the drivers.

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How To Connect Canon Printer To Laptop With USB Cable ?

Let’s make communication between the two ends by connecting a Canon printer to the laptop using a USB cable.

Step 1: Turn the Canon printer off.

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Step 2: Insert the USB cable’s one end to the printer and other to the laptop.

Step 3: Turn on the printer.

Step 4: Now click the Windows ‘Start’ button and go to ‘Control Panel’. Click on ‘Hardware and Sound’ > Devices & Printer > Add a Printer > Local Printer. Select the printer port for the required connection.

Step 5: Locate ‘Canon’ printer option in the driver window and select the model. For example, if you are looking for how to connect Canon Pixma MX490 to laptop, select the name.

Step 6: Select ‘Next’ after giving the printer a name.

Step 7: Now choose if you want to share the printer with other devices, select ‘Next’.

Step 8: Decide if you want to set up your printer as Default. Select ‘Next’.

And it’s done!

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How To Connect Canon Printer To Laptop Wirelessly ? (Using Wi-Fi)

WPS setup or Wi-Fi protected setup can be done when you have a model with the same facility.

What has to be kept in mind is that the access point must have a physical WPS push button. Plus, the network must be using WPA security protocol.

Step 1: Turn the printer on. Press and hold the Wi-Fi button on the printer-top till the lamp flashes once.

Step 2: The lamp next to the WiFi button also flashes blue in color. After this, go to the access point and press the WPS button within a span of two minutes.

As the connection between laptop and printer appears, flashing of Wi-Fi lamp and power will stop.

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Wrap-Up

Welcoming Canon printer home finally? Install it by reading the setup guide above and connect the two devices using any of the methods. Add canon printer to the laptop smoothly then. We hope your query on how to connect Canon printer to laptop with or without USB cable is done and sorted.

The Camera Connect app for smart devices supports not only remote photography, it is also a convenient tool for browsing and saving photo images. In the following, we will introduce tips on ways to browse and organise images in the camera with your smart device with the app, which is available on Google Play and Apple iTunes.

1. Use NFC* to transfer photos to your smart device with just a simple tap

Saving photo images is also easy if you are using an NFC-compatible smart device** and a camera. By touching the N-mark on both the devices against each other, Camera Connect is automatically launched on the smart device to enable transfer of photo images. You can either save images to the smart device one by one or select multiple images and save them at one go. Images that have been transferred can be viewed, edited, organised and shared using your smart device’s photo management app—just like any other photo taken with or downloaded onto your smart device.

Also, if the Bluetooth connection is turned on, it will switch automatically to the Wi-Fi connection for images to be transferred, saving you the hassle of having to manually connect and disconnect devices.

*NFC/Bluetooth-compatibility varies depending on camera model
**Only applicable to smart devices installed with an OS version of Android 4.0 or later.

By touching the N-mark on both the smart device and camera against each other, you can transfer photo images to the smart device instantly. The N-mark can be found at the back of the smart device and on the side or at the back of the camera.

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Photos that have been transferred can be viewed, edited, organised and shared using the photo management app on your smart device.

2. Batch download the photos you like to your smartphone

One of the advantages of the Wi-Fi function is that you can use your smart device to check the photos in the camera, which saves you the hassle of having to take the camera out of the bag every time. Also, it allows you to make good use of your free time while on the move to download your favourite images from the camera to your smart device. You can select and transfer multiple images at one time, so there is no need to repeat the same steps over and over again if there’s more than one image you’d like to download. The images are automatically resized in the default setting when you transfer them to a smart device, but you can also change the setting to transfer them in the original size.

The Camera Connect app also comes with a wide variety of features for displaying the images on the smart device, such as showing the shooting information, changing the order of display, jumping to a specific shooting date and refining the search, all of which are useful in helping you find the photos you are looking for inside the camera.

・Saving multiple images in the camera to a smart device at one time

With the smart device connected to the camera, tap “Images on camera” in Camera Connect.

An image index screen appears. Tap “Select”.

You can now select multiple images. Tap to select the images you want to save to the smart device.

Images that have been transferred can be managed using the gallery app on your smart device.

・Resizing images that are saved to a smart device

Tap “…” at the top right corner of the screen.

A “Camera image settings” screen appears. Tap “Resize”.

Selecting “Don’t resize” transfers the images in the original size. “Select when saving” allows you to specify the size when transferring an image.

・Features for browsing through images

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You can search for photo images in the camera by displaying them in one of the many different modes available.
(1) Information: Displays an image index screen that shows the shooting information.
(2) Jump: Jumps to a specific shooting date.
(3) Sort: Sorts the images by date, folder or rating.
(4) Filter: Refines the search by date range or file type.
(5) Images that have already been transferred from the camera to the smart device are indicated by the “Downloaded” mark.

3. You can use your smartphone to organise and manage the photos in your camera

With Camera Connect, images stored inside a camera can be deleted or rated using a smart device. For example, unwanted photos can be erased from the camera while you are browsing through them on a smartphone. In other words, you can make use of your free time while on the move to check through the camera images with your smart device, and this helps to reduce the time and effort needed when you are organising the photos using DPP (Digital Photo Professional) on the PC. Meanwhile, the app also enables you to retrieve or sort images easily according to the preset rating.

・Deleting images stored inside the camera

Display the image you want to remove. Tap “Delete”.

A confirmation message appears asking whether you want to delete the image from the camera. Tap “Delete”.

・Rating an image

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Display an image and tap “Rating” at the bottom of the screen. Drag to set the rating.

Rating the camera images in advance with a smart device makes photo organising easier when they are imported into your PC.

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Below are links to other related articles on Wi-Fi and Camera Connect.
Fun Ways to Use Your Camera’s Wi-Fi (Part 1): Introduction to Wi-Fi Features
Fun Ways to Use Your Camera’s Wi-Fi (Part 2): Real-Life Examples
6 Useful Tips for Remote Shooting via Wi-Fi with the Camera Connect App

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