FAQ ID: 8202100400
Release date: 11 September 2014
When you set your printer in the access point mode, you can print wirelessly and directly from an external device such as a smartphone without using an access point.
(A) External device such as a smartphone
(B) Printer
Before Starting Access Point Mode Setup
1. If the HOME button (C) on the printer is lit, touch the HOME button.
2. Flick the screen left or right, then tap the [ Setup ] icon.
3. Tap [ Device settings ].
4. Tap [ LAN settings ].
5. Tap [ Change LAN ].
6. Tap [ Access point mode active ].
7. Write down the displayed SSID.
8. Tap [ Details ].
9. Write down the displayed password.
10. Tap [ OK ].
The (blue) Wi-Fi lamp (D) lights up when wireless connection is enabled.
11. In the Wi-Fi setting screen of your external device such as a smartphone, select the SSID and enter the password (you wrote down in Steps 7 and 9) to complete the connection.
The Wi-Fi setting screen will vary according to the device you use. (This is an example of an iOS device.)
To print or scan from an external device such as a smartphone, you need to use the application software, "PIXMA Printing Solutions."
Download and install this free application software from App Store or Google Play.
Following the procedures below, select the printer to use and perform printing or scanning:
1. On the screen of an external device such as a smartphone, tap the PIXMA Print icon . PIXMA printing Solutions will start.
2. On the PIXMA Printing Solutions screen, tap the printer icon .
3. Tap [ Detect Printer ].
4. In the screen, select the printer you use.
5. When the selected printer name is displayed under the printer icon, the settings are completed.
6. Tap the button you would like to perform.