canon ij network tool not finding printer

Now, with the MP620 connected to your network but not appearing in the Default view, the device uses Bonjour and a Canon proprietary protocol to advertise itself on the network. Then power it back on and you may want to remove the MP620 printer residing in Printers & Scanners, as this will only work when the printer is connected via USB. If you can then it confirms that the driver update is okay.Īssuming that you can print via USB, then turn off the MP620 power and disconnect the USB cable. With the USB connected printer created, see if you can print. If not then you will have to manually create the printer. This action should automatically create a printer in Printers & Scanners.

This is all much more convenient than using a USB cable and sharing the printer, but, dang, is it complicated!Ī suggestion would be to connect the MP620 to the Mac via USB cable. The Canon printer would not show up in the Printers and Scanners system preference panel, but after I launched Canon IJ Network Tool.app on that computer, the printer did show up and I could set it up there as well. I then tried to set up the printer on a 2nd computer, running Mavericks. After a few minutes, the printer showed up and I was able to set it up. I then unplugged the USB cable, and went to the Printers and Scanners system preference panel. At that point (after waiting a minute for it to give up), I had to read the IP from the Canon printer and enter it by hand in the Network Tool dialog. However it hung on the last step 'Searching for printers via access point.'. I connected the printer to my new computer (with Yosemite) via USB and then launched the Canon IJ Network Tool.app (downloaded from the Canon web site) and it found the printer. Then since I had reset my Canon MP620 network settings, I had to start from scratch.

Just a quick reply for others in case it helps.įirst you have to install the Canon drivers for Yosemite from Canon Printer Drivers v3.1 for OS X.

Canon ij network tool not finding printer