canon mp620 installation & wireless connection issues

Since you have a new router with a new encryption key, you will need to configure this information into the MP620. To do this, you will have to connect the printer to the Mac via USB. While this will automatically create a USB print queue, which you will not be able to use once the printer is configured and connected back to the wireless network, this queue will allow you to manually change the network settings in the MP620.

With the MP620 connected via USB, open the Canon IJ Network Tool. This is located in HD > Library > Printers > Canon > BJPrinter > Utilities. With the tools menu set to Utilities, the MP620 should appear in the list of available printers. Select it and press Configuration. This will open another window where you can set the Network Name (SSID) and the Encryption method. The Configuration button as this window will allow you to modify the password (key). With the correct details entered, OK the settings so that they will be saved to the printer.

Once this has completed, you can turn off the printer, disconnect the USB cable and then turn the printer back on. Allow a minute for the printer to connect to your wireless network and then open Print & Fax to add the network printer queue. Depending on which driver you have installed you can add the printer by clicking Default and waiting for the Canon MP620 to appear (with canonijnetwork shown in the Kind column) or you can open More Printers > Canon IJ Network. The MP620 should appear in this view and after selecting the Print Using menu will automatically select the correct driver.

Hope this gets you going again.

Pahu

I'm not the original poster but this helped me a lot. Thanks for taking the time!

I had to have OS X reinstalled recently. My Canon MP620 doesn't seem to work since then. I have it plugged in to the USB - that's how I always print - but the machine doesn't seem to see the printer. I tried following the directions below, but in Print & Fax I always get an empty list. I'm seeing errors like this on the cups error log: (/usr/libexec/cups/daemon/cups-deviced) crashed on signal 9!

I've tried reinstalling the Canon drivers, restarting both the OS and the printer along the way, with no success. Any ideas why I can't see the printer? Do I need to completely remove the drivers and start over? Is there another way I can configure the printer?

All help is appreciated.

Hello jetsy_young and welcome to Apple Discussions.

With the cups-deviced crashing I suggest you look at performing a reset of the printing system.

*How to Reset the Printing System*

1. Open System Preferences > Print & Fax
2. Move your mouse over the Printers list
3. Hold down the Control button and click the mouse (or right click if supported).
4. Click "Reset printing system ..."
5. Restart your Mac

This will remove your print queues but not your printer drivers. So you will only need to add your printer queues again. Note that for a USB connected device, this is done via the Default tab. The other information I provided above is for the MP620 when connected via wireless.

I'm also not the OP but I found the info here very helpful. Thanks for saving me a ton of time trying to figure this out for myself.

i have the same problem... what gives? this is really weird.