Using Printer with Wireless Direct

You can connect devices (e.g. smartphone or tablet) to the printer by

two methods below.

Wireless connection (connecting devices via a wireless router)

Direct wireless connection (connecting devices using wireless
direct)

This section describes wireless direct, which allows you to print by

connecting the devices to the printer directly.

Follow the procedure below to use wireless direct.

1. Enable wireless direct.

2. Connect devices to printer.

3. Perform printing operation.

This section also describes changing wireless direct to wireless LAN.

Important

You can connect up to 5 devices to the printer at the same time.

Check the usage restrictions and switch the printer to the

wireless direct.

Preparing for Wireless Direct

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 Change settings below to prepare for wireless direct.

Printer's LAN settings

Settings of a device to connect

Changing Printer's Settings

1. Make sure printer is turned on.

2. Press and hold the Wi-Fi button and release it when the Wi-Fi
lamp flashes.

3. Press the Black button.

The ON lamp flashes and the Wi-Fi lamp lights.

4. Press the Wi-Fi button repeatedly until the Direct lamp lights.

When the lamps light as below, wireless direct is enabled.

5. Press the Color button or the Black button to finalize selection.

Note

To check the printer's MAC address and serial number, and the
current wireless direct settings, print out the network setting
information.

Changing Settings of a Device and Connecting It to the Printer

1. Turn on wireless communication on your device.

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 Enable "Wi-Fi" on your device's "Setting" menu.

For more on turning on wireless communication, see your device's

instruction manual.

2. Select "XXXXXX-MG3000 series" ("XXXXXX" represents last six

digits of printer's MAC address.) from list displayed on device.

Note

If "XXXXXX-MG3000 series" does not appear on the list,

wireless direct is not enabled.

See Changing Printer's Settings to enable wireless direct.

3. Enter password.

Your device is connected to the printer.

Note

Check the password for the wireless direct.

Depending on the device you are using, entering the

password is required to connect a device to the printer via
wireless LAN. Enter the password specified for the printer.

Printing with Wireless Direct

Connect a device and the printer and start printing from the device's
application.

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 Note

For more on printing from a device via wireless LAN, refer to the
device's or application's instruction manual.

You can print from your smartphone or tablet by installing Canon

PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY. Download it from App Store and Google
Play.

Changing Printer Setting to Use Wireless LAN

Follow the procedure below to change the printer setting to use

wireless LAN.

1. Make sure printer is turned on.

2. Press and hold the Wi-Fi button and release it when the Wi-Fi
lamp flashes.

3. Press the Black button.

The ON lamp flashes and the Wi-Fi lamp lights.

4. Press the Wi-Fi button repeatedly until the Network lamp lights.

When the lamps light as below, wireless LAN is enabled.

5. Press the Color button or the Black button to finalize selection.

Use the operation panel to print the printer's current network settings.

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 Important

The network settings printout contains important information

about your network. Handle it with care.

1. Make sure printer is turned on.

2. Load a sheet of A4 or Letter-sized plain paper.

3. Press and hold Wi-Fi button and release it when Wi-Fi lamp
flashes.

4. Press Color button.

5. Press Wi-Fi button twice.

6. Press Color button or Black button.

The printer starts printing the network setting information.

The following information on the printer's network setting is

printed out. (Some setting values are not displayed depending on
the printer settings.)

Item Description Setting

Product
Product information –
Information
Product Name Product name XXXXXXXX
ROM Version ROM version XXXXXXXX
Serial Number Serial number XXXXXXXX
Wireless LAN Wireless LAN Enable/Disable
WPS PIN

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 CODE WPS PIN code XXXXXXXX

Infrastructure Infrastructure Enable/Disable

MAC Address MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Connection Connection status Active/Inactive
SSID SSID Wireless LAN SSID
Channel Channel XX (1 to 11)
Encryption Encryption method None/WEP/TKIP/AES
WEP Key WEP key length
Inactive/128/64
Length (bits)
Authentication None/auto/open/shared/WPA-
Authentication
method PSK/WPA2-PSK
Signal Strength Signal strength 0 to 100 [%]
TCP/IPv4 TCP/IPv4 Enable
IP Address IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Subnet Mask Subnet mask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Default
Default gateway XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Gateway
TCP/IPv6 TCP/IPv6 Enable/Disable
Link Local XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Link local address
Address XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Link Local Link local prefix
XXX
Prefix Length length
Stateless XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless address 1
Address1 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless Stateless prefix
XXX
Prefix Length1 length 1
Stateless XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless address 2
Address2 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX

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 Stateless Stateless prefix XXX
Prefix Length2 length 2
Stateless XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless address 3
Address3 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless Stateless prefix
XXX
Prefix Length3 length 3
Stateless XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless address 4
Address4 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Stateless Stateless prefix
XXX
Prefix Length4 length 4
Default XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default gateway 1
Gateway1 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default gateway 2
Gateway2 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default gateway 3
Gateway3 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Default gateway 4
Gateway4 XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
IPsec IPsec setting Active
Security
Security method ESP/ESP & AH/AH
Protocol
Wireless Direct Wireless Direct Enable/Disable
MAC Address MAC address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Connection Connection status Active/Inactive
SSID SSID Wireless Direct SSID
Wireless Direct password (10
Password Password
alphanumeric characters)
Channel Channel 3
Encryption Encryption method AES

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 Authentication Authentication WPA2-PSK
method
TCP/IPv4 TCP/IPv4 Enable
IP Address IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Subnet Mask Subnet mask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Default
Default gateway XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Gateway
TCP/IPv6 TCP/IPv6 Enable/Disable
Link Local XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Link local address
Address XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX
Link Local Link local prefix
XXX
Prefix Length length
IPsec IPsec setting Active
Security
Security method –
Protocol
Other Settings Other settings –
Printer name (Up to 15
Printer Name Printer name
alphanumeric characters)
WSD printing
WSD Printing Enable/Disable
setting
WSD Timeout Timeout 1/5/10/15/20 [min]
LPD Printing LPD printing setting Enable/Disable
RAW printing
RAW Printing Enable/Disable
setting
Bonjour Bonjour setting Enable/Disable
Bonjour Bonjour service Bonjour service name (Up to
Service Name name 52 alphanumeric characters)

LLMNR LLMNR setting Enable/Disable

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 SNMP SNMP setting Enable/Disable
PictBridge PictBridge
Enable/Disable
Commun. Communication
Obtain DNS server
DNS Server address Auto/Manual
automatically
Primary server
Primary Server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
address
Secondary Secondary server
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Server address
Proxy Server Proxy server setting Enable/Disable
Proxy Address Proxy address XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Proxy port
Proxy Port 1 to 65535
specification
Cert. XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Certificate
Fingerprt(SHA- XXXXXXXX
fingerprint(SHA-1)
1) XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Cert. Certificate
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Fingerprt(SHA- fingerprint(SHA-
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
256) 256)
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX

("XX" represents alphanumeric characters.)

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