Q: Why will my Mac not recognise my Canon wireless printer?

Hi ..

Make sure you have added the printer.

Open System Preferences > Printers & Scanners then selec the Print tab.

If you don't see the printer on the left,  click ➕

How do you know the printer is connected to the network?

If you have the printers IP address open Terminal (applications/Utilities) and at the prompt type: ping {printerIP}. You will get a reply or failure.

Hi, I have the same question as cece@no6. Have uninstalled drivers. Have downloaded new Canon drivers, but Mac will still not detect printer. Have restarted devices. Printer and router are connected, Mac continues not to detect printer. Troubleshoot provides no solution. Can you help? Thanks!

If you haven't done so already, try resetting the printing system.

OS X Mavericks: Reset the printing system  also Yosemite

I did, but to no avail Any other ideas?

Did you try pinging the printer as I posted above?

Network Printer Troubleshooting

WiFi Printer to WiFi Network - Connect

On my printer, under TCP/IP settings it says IPv4 and IPv6. When I click either of these, no IP addresses are displayed. I have connected the printer with my Mac through a USB cable, but the computer still doesn't find the printer. In printer settings, when I try to add a printer, no printer is found.

Pinging as you suggested, does not yield any info either.

Did you try resetting the printing system?

Yes - I will try to connect a different printer and see if that one will be found by the Mac and I will also try to connect the printer to a different computer, in order to figure out where the problem is. Will get in touch again after that. Many thanks for your help!

You are welcome.