Connect Canon Mg5520 To Laptop
You can connect your laptop and the printer you have through a wired or wireless connection method to operate and manage the printer operations from your laptop. Read the following to know how to connect Canon MG5520 to laptop.
Wired connection:
1. USB connection
- If you want a more direct connection, use a USB cable and connect it to the USB port on the printer and the laptop.
- Make sure the laptop detects the printer; if not, secure the cable ends.
- Now install the printer driver using the installation CD that was delivered to you along with the printer.
- For some printers, you can connect the printer to your laptop only during the software installation.
- After the connection is established on using how to connect Canon Mg5520 to laptop steps, print a test document to verify the connection.
2. Ethernet connection
- You can connect the Canon printer and the laptop to the router network via the Ethernet cables.
- Connect an Ethernet cable from the router to the Printer Setup and another cable to the laptop.
- As both devices are connected to the same network, you can perform the necessary printer function.
- Install the printer driver on the laptop, make sure to select the Wired Network Connection option and complete the connection setup.
3. Wireless connection:
When you want to connect the printer and the laptop through a Wi-Fi network, use the following steps.
- Turn on the router’s Wi-Fi network and connect the laptop to it.
- Keep a note of the Wireless network name and password.
- Perform the printer driver installation on the laptop for wireless connection and follow the guided instructions.
- When prompted, go to the printer, tap the WLAN connection icon on the display panel.
- Under WLAN, choose Wireless WLAN setup and then select Standard setup.
- After that, the printer scans for the available Wi-Fi network. When the network name appears on the screen, tap it and enter the password.
- If the name does not appear, enter the network name and password manually to establish the wireless network connection.
- At last on using how to connect Canon Mg5520 to laptop steps, Complete the printer driver installation on your computer.