How To: Connect To Canon MG 3600 Series Printer Via WiFi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- I wasn't able to get the printer connected to the new network without some tinkering. This is how I got my MG3620 to connect wirelessly on Windows 10.
Shortcut to the below link / direct link: tinyurl.com/3d...
Canon software link (scroll down to drivers, works for all 3600 series):
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Whoever designed this setup has no business being in the tech industry. Thanks for your help!
For sure!! And you're welcome!
Literally about to smash it with a bat that’s all it’s good for
FINALLY! Someone who's been there and learned for the rest of us lost souls. Thank you! 🙂
Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad I could help ya!!
I would truly like to meet the person that designed the way this system work and have a nice long conversation with them. I truly appreciate the help, and thank you for sharing your frustration with us along the way. It made me feel much less helpless, alone, and extremely angry.
Haha yeah their quality control dept needs to step their game up. Glad I could help!
Thank you Thank you!!! Stuck in 2 week isolation with 5 year old to home school and couldn't get any of his school work printed out. Lifesaver!!!
Hey I'm glad I could help. Thank you for the feedback!! Be safe, and next time buy any other printer lol
OMG! You do not understand how many days I have been trying to fix this. We got a new router from the cable company & nobody told us this could happen. Seriously... just installed new ink & all. Ready to get my business off the ground & here we go. I LOVE YOU SO FREAKING MUCH, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!!!!! Thank you sooooooo much!
You are most welcome!! I'm glad I could help, especially if it helps a small business in any way. All I ask is that if you need to hire a computer guy, keep me in mind ;)
It may be an older printer but here I am 2023 trying to reconnect my printer to wifi and this video saved my life thanks
Haha thanks man! I had no idea it'd be so popular when I published this video. It still blows my mind
Just like the other viewers, I have to thank you so much because Canon did not do the best job of laying out instructions to set this printer up using Wifi or even connecting it to your PC. Thanks for saving me soo much stress. I had left this printer in the box for 8 months after moving because I could never figure this out even before I moved.
You're very welcome!
I used to use an Epson ET-2550 th-cam.com/users/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 , an early model of the ink tank style. It worked well, but had one nuisance that drove me up the wall; if you didn't put it in high quality print mode you'd get a streak across the page. I'm happy to say I have yet to see this with this printer. The print quality has been fantastic so far, the set up was super easy. All in all I'm very happy with this printer.
So my dad needed me to stay at his place for a few days to help with some house stuff while I had a midterm in less than 8 hours (in which I have to print something). His printer doesn't work so I brought mine over and didn't realize it wouldn't automatically connect I've spent almost 2 hours trying to figure out how to connect my printer to the new wifi and YOU JUST SAVED MY GRADE IN CHEMISTRY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
You're welcome!! I've had a couple times where I ended up having a full letter grade deducted on an assignment due to tech issues like internet or printers not working, never a fun situation. So glad I could help ya avoid that. Also good luck in your chem class, hope ya did well on your midterm!!
It even had an option to register at the end for a MONTHLY email that and a full gigabyte of garbage software. Wow what generous souls. Thank you for the help btw.
Haha yeah always read things all the way through and unless you're positive you need it assume you don't and pass on the installs
Thank you simplifying what Canon could not ! You are amazing !
Thanks!
Lord have mercy!!! Bless your heart!! After 82 videos, you have the only video showing to just push the color button, not hold it. Such a simple but very important detail. I was about to slit my wrist! Thanks for saving my life!
Glad I could help, thanks for the kind words!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I spent HOURS trying to connect to my upgraded service under a different router/wifi name. I had given up and ordered another printer, but decided to just try TH-cam and found your video. After watching I was able to reconnect within minutes the new system, and canceled my order on a new printer! ( I have the 3620 model that I bought January 2020)
You are very welcome sir, that's why I do this, to help others. Thank you very much for the compliments!
life saver after 3h trying to fix this crap ......THX ALOT MAN
Yeah its a pain and unintuitive. Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you sooo much for this video! I was going mad 🤬 trying to set-up this printer. I have always printed from my phone since buying this hunk of junk because I didn't want to deal with this headache. Now I have to print things for my business and had to pull up my sleeves to get this done. I felt like I was back in the early 2000's trying to set up a printer ..absolutley makes no sense! Thank you again for helping us out.
Totally agree with the makes no sense part. Harder than it should be for sure!! Thanks for the nice comment!
You are a legend, I've been trying for hours to sort this printer out. I tried the WPS method nothing, tried router settings, resetting the printer, been searching the internet all evening for a solution this solved it!
Glad I helped ya out!
Thank you!! It was driving me crazy until I found your video
Hey I'm glad I could help ya hun!
Great video, I've had this printer for a couple of years and thought the wifi feature was broken, USB connection worked well. Little did I know my research back then was terrible, could not find a way to connect wirelessly. Just retried it watching your video and IT WOOOORRKKKSSS.... thanks for your walkthrough.
You're very welcome sir!! It's not you, it's just a poorly designed and overly complicated setup process. Glad I could help!
I've had a few of these printers - they all seem to develop the same fault after a while, but they are cheap enough to replace. Not good for the environment, but what can we do? I have never managed to hook them up using Wifi until watching this. Thank you. Since the first one I had, they have been the most difficult thing to connect. There are loads of comments about this online and things haven't improved. Obviously, Canon doesn't care. That said, for the money, if you survive the frustration of the setting up process, they do a good job. One tip: shop around. As I write this they are £89.99 on Amazon UK. I just bought one from Argos (UK) for £34.50
Definitely shop around and wait for a good sale price. I totally agree they aren't the best!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I was very close to throwing the printer through a window, but you saved me (and the printer)
Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad I could help you (and save your printer)!
Thanks for posting this. We could not get our printer linked to our new router for about 6 months. This helped a ton. They never make anything easy.
Glad I could help!
Thank you for this video, would have not been able to find the driver without the links in your description
2021 and you just ended 4 hours with a fight with my printer... thanks!
Glad we could defeat it lol
Thank you! Had this printer for a year and all other videos sucked, you simplified it!! Thanks again!!
Thanks for the kind words!
Quick Note: Don't buy the MG3600 for grandma this Christmas, she'll hate it and she'll never get it working.
For reals!
Absolutely
I am thinking of buying it today
@@LoveIsContagious DON'T!!!
@Everett Bierlein I wish my enemies used Instagram, I'd definitely try it. Thanks for the info! And remember hacking is power, we don't forgive, we don't forget, expect us :))
YOU ARE A GOD. and the only reason this print is still in one piece
Thanks for the nice comment!
thank you so much for posting this although you thought that no one was watching it---better info than Canon, appreciate it
Hey glad I could be of help and thanks for the kind words!! And yeah I honestly thought nobody would watch it since it's an older product but... WOW!! It's my #1 video... for now!
THANK YOU!! It's incredulous that they don't even put this in the instructions.
Your video helped me tremendously I was ready to pull my hair out
Glad I could save ur hair lol thanks for the feedback!!
I just bought this because i needed a printer and it was on sale. You have helped me sooo much. It shouldnt be this hard but you saved me. Thanks!
Thank you for commenting, I really appreciate the feedback and I'm glad I could help someone. I know, right? When I connect to printers at work I have to do it via IP and MAC addresses.... which is actually waaaaay easier than this!
Thanks. I've had this printer for years and always dread every time I've had to reconnect. I actually find the Quick Menu useful, the rest of the software is bloatware.
Thanks for the tip, good info for others!!
Omg thank you so much. I was trying to step this printer up for 2 hours and than I found your video. It worked. Thank you so much!!!
Glad I could help ya!
Best video on TH-cam regarding this printer. Been here for 4 hours trying to get it to install 🙃 😅 😩 🙄
As usual I'm glad I could help, and idk about "the best" video, but I definitely appreciate the kind words. Comments like this are what makes it all worth it for me to typically spend 3 hours producing a 10 min video and hearing my super annoying voice the whole time! Thanks for the comment!!
Thanks you guys!! Got me going again and out of a giant sulk. Canon ?? never ever again
Once you get it set up it's pretty reliable. If you get it set up that is lol
OMG. Thank you so much. You don't have an idea of how long I have been searching, and those Cannon's site doesn't help at all. This was easy and unpainful.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad I could help!
I did all that but it still says printer not responding. What am i doing wrong??
Hmm the only thing I could think of is to make sure to connect to the correct network. I connected printer to the 2.4GHz band network at first and I got not responding, and I noticed my PC was connected to the 5GHz. Switched over and it worked.
@@letechnology1774 Thanks its finally working . Now i can print out my merchandise for my TH-cam channel
@@justwhatido Sweet! Good luck with TH-cam-ing, your channel looks interesting!
@@letechnology1774 Thanks. Its just a little bit of Just what i do every day
So glad I found your video! It's a ridiculout process, but glad I was able to get it figured out with your help!
Canon have made a damn good printer. I wonder why they can't come up with a simple way to connect it, and a manual that makes sense
Agreed, it's a decent printer and very durable, yet not very easy to setup. Luckily, it's one and done unless you change your WiFi network name.
@@letechnology1774 Well last time, this really helped. However, at some point, printer lost connection and nothing I can do will get it connected. I have literally thrown the printer out. The end of my relationship with Canon, such BS
I am off to buy a new printer made by someone else!
Really appreciate you doing the work Canon cant manage
THANK YOU!! I was getting so frustrated with this. It was so much simpler than they made it seem lol.
Totally agree, canon isn't the best at explaining things. But once up n running they're super dependable so it's actually worth the headache
Thank you LE Technology! I was going absolutely berserk last night trying to figure out how to print with the new router and modem..Did everything as instructed and it works perfectly! Happy holidays.
What website do you download from?
Thank you for the feedback, I'm glad I could help someone! That's half the reason I upload videos. And happy holidays as well!
@@wocnsfc www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/inkjet-multifunction/mg-series-inkjet/pixma-mg3620?tab=drivers_downloads
I tried following the instructions given by Canon, but I just couldn't get the printer set up. Thank you, thank you so much for your instructions that were much clearer and now, I'm good to go.
Regards.
Thanks for the feedback, glad I could help!
As everyone commented; a HUGE Thank you all the way from Guam 🇬🇺
Thanks, much love to Guam!
Mine was more complicated than this but uses the same steps. If yours fails the method shown in this video, the next option is WPS mode. You get given instructions after this fails, the next screen says either WPS or USB method. I chose WPS method. The next steps are similar to this but you press the black button instead of colour. After this you press the button labelled WPS on your wi-fi router (the internet box in your house, not a button on your printer this time). Then you press next and it should be able to find your printer. When doing it this way it it automatically allowed all the other computers to connect back to the printer again without having to do this on every PC. I believe I had to do it this way as my PC is connected via ethernet and has no wi-fi.
Kudos thanks for this video second time I am actually using it reset my wifi password and printer doesnt work ran through the installation again up until where it said its connected and its online again.
Well thank you for the comment and the rare kudos! One thing that's stereotypical of IT, but typically successful, is to restart. Either the device, the process itself, or both. Restarting electronic devices on a regular basis helps reduce issues by quite a bit. More than you'd think. So good thinking Colin!!
Thank u brother. Your right wayyyyyy to much bs and waiting with this thing. Almost gave up but your video gave me that last bit of motivation. Thanks Mann
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much, you're a literal life saver for this!
Thank you for the kind words! I definitely agree, instruction manuals seem to get worse as time goes on. And the print gets smaller too.
@@letechnology1774 yes I felt exactly the same!! I love their products, but just not their explanations and manual's.
@@letechnology1774 gets smaller especially for us (not you - cause I obviously have no clue) old folks! 😲🙄😖
Yes!!! Thank you! You’re my hero today lol
Thanks for the feedback, glad I helped!
Thanks for showing this video! Appreciated your effort
Thanks!
@@letechnology1774 yah I just bought Maxify last 3 wks ago
hello friend did i know you helped someone from brazil. Thank you so much
Glad I could help!!
Thank you for this video, I was going crazy before seeing it 🙏😂
Man you are the best!!!!! MVP!!!!
Thanks man!
I wanna kiss you right now. You are such a good teacher, you saved me from 5 hours of headaches. Thank you so much .
Please don't kiss me (COVID-19). Thank you for commenting, I'm glad I could help!
this is very helpful! thanks!
Thanks for the nice comment/feedback!!
OMG! Thank you, I was about to smash the thing!
Thank you so much I would not have figured it out !!!!
You're very welcome!
You are number No.1!!! Thanks dude :-)
Thanks for the nice comment!
Clear step by step.. Thanks you very much..
Your welcome, thanks for the feedback!
This was super helpful. Like, seriously thank you so much!!!
No problem! Next month I'll be uploading tons of new helpful vids, so stay tuned!
NOTE press the WPs button on your router at point :2.30
MSS
Valid alternate way, thanks for mentioning!
5:52 in the place where the paper lies there is one little thing that is pulled out, and thanks to it the paper will not fall to the ground
Thanks! Yeah figured that out after filming the vid but since it's in a pretty tight space I usually leave it and just expect papers to end up on the floor
@@letechnology1774 ok! ur welcome
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! THIS SAVED ME FROM PULLING ALL MY HAIR OUT lol
You're welcome, please don't pull ANY of your hair out lol :)
Thanks dude, helpful will try this.
Hey did it work for you?
Thank you!
You're very welcome! Thank you for your thank you lol
Thanks 😊 helpful did it by following your instructions lol
Glad I could help!
Thank you so much, this helped me a lot..
Thank you for the feedback and I'm glad I could help ya!!
You are a life saver - thanks.
Thx for the comment, glad I could help ya!!
thank you so much
You're very welcome, thanks for the feedback!
Thanks this was a help your a top bloke.
Thanks for the kind words!
Thank you so much for this video!
I was thinking where can I find a laptop this era with CD disc reader? How am I suppose to download the manual & software onto my laptop?
They're all available to download from online. But if u need a laptop I'm selling a few if you're in the Chicago area sites.google.com/view/legaming/le-webstore
@@letechnology1774 thanks bro but I live in Asia.
man, you are a savior!!!
Thanks man!!
Hi all! just recently reinstalled the driver. used to be able to move the quickprint shortcut around desktop, but I have forgotten. Anyone knows how to change so that it can have the dragging handles to move? would appreciate any reply thx
So if I understand correctly you have a desktop icon that acts as a shortcut to main "Canon Quick Print" service and when dragged to where you want it on desktop it snaps back into place on leftmost spot on screen? Please try going to Desktop (while holding Win key [usually second button left of space] tap M key, then take all hands off). Then right-click on desktop/background and ensure that "View" --> "Auto Arrange Icons" is unchecked. If checked, click on button to uncheck then refresh desktop via right-click --> "Refresh". Let me know if this helped not or give more details if you feel I didn't understand your problem correctly.
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you helped me a lot
You're very welcome!
Absolute life saver
Thank you!
Thank you
You're very welcome!
does anybody know how to connect a pixma MG3600 to the new virgin media 360 mini box router..?????
I'm not sure if you can to a router, it may be a device-by-device issue
Thank you for this video.
You're very welcome!
I have one computer set up through usb and am trying to set my laptop - different room wirelessly. Could that be an issue? I'm lost canon tells me they don't recognize the MG3600. And I couldn't find that program you said to install??? How can they sell a printer they don't know they have? (I know you don't know, just a little venting) I guess its me because every else seems to have had success. ☹
That definitely should not be an issue! I've mixed wired and wireless for years between many different PCs. Ha yeah it seems a lot of electronics seller's almost never mention a product after 2 new models are made. So click on the following link, it's a shortened link for the long one in the vid's description and download/install the "MG3600 series Full Driver & Software Package". Link: tinyurl.com/3dx23xjk Let us know if it works!
@@letechnology1774 Thank you
I love this guy!
Well thank you, that's very much appreciated!! Also, I would like to thank AnonOps chapters in Lebanon for their efforts and I hope yall stay safe and well ;)
Thank you , it worked out on my Laptop but i can't find the printer on my Smartphone .... What should i do now?
So I know it's a pain in the butt on my phone but I run custom OS. If you have access to Google on your phone look for the Canon printer app on PlayStore.
thanks !! really !!
You are very welcome!
I'm still lost. This is so frustrating!!
Anything I can help clarify?
Excellent, very helpful.
Thx for the feedback!
Any help for a printer that doesnt show up as an option to connect to wifi???
Yes but I'd need more info. How are you trying to connect it? Are you following video step by step or trying a slightly different method? There may be other ways for it to work but I'd need to know what steps you've taken so far. And sorry for such a super delayed reply!
This video is SO helpful.. But I am stuck on #2 still and it is asking me to select from the list or search by the IPv4 address.. I printed out the Network Configuration Page but there was not IPv4 address -____-
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What would #2 be? Hmm... So first I would say try the entire process over again and make sure you download the software from the link in the description. I think you're missing the IPv4 since you're not connected to the network yet. I printed the test page and I get IP 4 and 6 but I think that's because I'm already connected to the network. Let me know if you still have difficulties!
I have been doing this for the last 3 days. I had my architect son try and he also failed. Where do I get help? I have done this with mg3620s 5 times in the last 7 years including once in Budapest with a new machine purchased their. This time I can't make it work Ideas? Please. Anybody
Hello, sorry I've been out for over half year dealing with unrelated issues. Where is it failing and can you provide some more details. I'm legit following my own video to do this again as we speak 😁
Am following but my printer doesnt have a wifi button,what to do instead?
I'm sorry but what do you mean by WiFi button? For a MG3600 series there is no WiFi button. That's why it's so stupidly hard to setup without help. If you tell me where you're confused I'd be more than happy to help! That's why I do this
You are amazing!! Thank you !!
You are very welcome, thank you for the feedback!!
LE Technology can you help me please please please. I am on a new network and can't get the printer to connect to my computer. The canon software seems to be missing so I tried to download it from the link you sent. Once it was downloaded I opened it and allowed the app to have access to my computer. I then got an error that has red circle with X and reads at the top Winzip self extractor - can't create output file : C:Users//14167/AppData/Logc/Temp/win-mg-3600-1_0-jucd/MSetup4.exe
I'd love to! So when youdownloaded the file that gives you the error when opening, when you run it don't just double click it. Right click on the icon and select "Run as Administrator" (www.pathloss.com/pwiki/images/Run_as_admin.JPG) and try again. Let me know if it works!
Sorry that link gives a 404. It's the first pic on this link: www.pathloss.com/pwiki/index.php?title=Pathloss_5_-_Download_and_installation
How did it go to the uodate page? Mine doesnt show :/
By the update page are you referring to the screen it goes to after the Printers On Network List? Printers On Network List didn't list any printer for me so ensure checkbox under that list is checked. If it doesn't bring you to the Setup Guide then please try the previous steps over and ensure printer is on
Awesome channel!
Thank you sir!
I get a connection failed message. How do I fix it? Thank you.
Can you please post the exact error code or any more info? Connection failed can actually mean a lotta things
What is the
Website he went on to start all of this?
Do you mean the link to download the drivers/software? That would be: tinyurl.com/3dx23xjk
I still can't bring the wireless light to blink. Please help.
Hi there, please make sure you do it in the following order: Hold Wi-Fi/wireless button until it blinks, press the Color button once, then press the Wi-Fi/wireless button once. Let me know if this works or not
I am almost ready to throw this thing at the wall. I hit color then the wifi and the only thing that flashes is the triangle
Just to make sure, you did hold wifi button until power LED flashes first right?
thanks
De nada
What is the is app called ?
"MG3600 series Full Driver & Software Package" Link: tinyurl.com/3dx23xjk
I've just set this printer up like just finally sorted out the ink and trying to read manual lol. Is this printer a nightmare? I want to print a word document from my phone. How?
Good question! Depends on a couple factors though. First off, do you have android or iphone? So for me it was a nightmare to set up for the first time. After a couple more times, it was easier. Then I started at an Amazon Fulfillment Center and compared to the Zebras we have, I wish all printers there were Canon 3600 series haha
But likely visit apple store or google play store (like me since I have a superior device known as an Android haha), turn on wifi and connect to same network as printer is on, open app, follow their directions. Does this help at all?
Thank you for your help! I think I did it by the manual and then my phone synced with it and now I've got it working.
I got the cannon selphy app also known as Canon Print. That synced to my android phone and the printer and everything works.
I tend to just fiddle about with everything until things work.
Thanks for the update!
When I hold my button down my power button don’t blank can someone plz help asap
Sorry, not ASAP, but holding down can power on n off, just press/click it briefly. Lemme know if that helps!