Canon Pixma Mx492 User Guide

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This item has the same function as Refresh in the View menu.
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Configuration...
Click to configure settings of the selected printer.
Configuration Screen
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You cannot configure a printer that has the status  Not Found.
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This item has the same function as  Configuration... in the Settings  menu.
Canon IJ Network Tool Menus The following menu is displayed from the  Canon IJ Network Tool screen.
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File menu
Exit Exits IJ Network Tool.
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View  menu
Status Displays the  Status screen to confirm...

•If No Driver  is displayed for the name, associate the port with the printer.
When the Printer Driver Is Not Associated with a Port
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If Not Found  is displayed for the status, check the followings:
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The wireless router is turned on.
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When using wired LAN, the LAN cable is connected properly.
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If the printer on a network is not detected, make sure that the printer is turned on, then select
Refresh . It may take several minutes to detect printers. If the printer is not yet detected, connect
the...

Maintenance...Displays the  Maintenance  screen to return the network settings of the printer to factory default
and to mount the card slot as the network drive.
Maintenance Screen
Set up printer's access point mode... You can change the access point mode settings. Perform settings following the message on thescreen.
If you change the  Encryption Method:  setting and the Password: setting on the  Set up printer's
access point mode  screen, the changed settings are applied to the printer...

Configuration ScreenYou can change the configuration of the printer selected on the  Canon IJ Network Tool screen.
Click the tab to select the sheet to change the settings.
The following screen is the example to change the setting on the  Wireless LAN sheet.
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This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using.
For details on each sheet, see the following.
Wireless LAN Sheet
Wired LAN Sheet
Admin Password Sheet
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Wireless LAN Sheet
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This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using.
Allows you to set the printer with wireless LAN connection.
To display the  Wireless LAN sheet, click the  Wireless LAN tab on the Configuration  screen.
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Network Type:
Displays the wireless LAN mode currently selected.
Infrastructure Connects the printer to the wireless LAN with a wireless router.
Access point mode Connects external wireless communication devices (e.g. computers, smartphones, or tablets) to...

3.Search...
The  Search  screen is displayed to select a wireless router to connect to.
Search Screen
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When IJ Network Tool runs over a LAN, the button is grayed out and cannot be selected. Connect
the printer and the computer with a USB cable temporarily to change the settings.
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Encryption Method:
Select the encryption method used over the wireless LAN.
Do not use Select to disable encryption.
Use WEP Transmission is encrypted using a WEP key you specified.
If a WEP key has not been set, the...

Search Screen
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This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using.
The wireless routers detected are listed.
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Detected Wireless Routers:
The signal strength from the wireless router, encryption type, name of wireless router, and the radio
channel can be confirmed.
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If you connect to a network that is not protected with security measures, there is a risk of disclosing data such as your personal information to a third party.
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Signal strength is displayed as...

3.SetClick to set the wireless router's SSID in  SSID: on the  Wireless LAN  sheet.
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The WPA/WPA2 Details  screen or the WEP Details screen appears if the selected wireless
router is encrypted. In this case, configure the details to use the same encryption settings set to
the wireless router.
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Wireless routers that cannot be used by this machine (including those configured to use different
encryption methods) are displayed grayed out and cannot be configured.
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WEP Details Screen
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This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using.
Specifies the printer WEP settings.
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When changing the password (WEP key) of the printer, the same change must be made to the
password (WEP key) of the wireless router.
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WEP Key:
Enter the same key as the one set to the wireless router.
The number of characters and character type that can be entered differ depending on the combination of the key length and key format.
 Key Length64bit128bitKey...

WPA/WPA2 Details Screen
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This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using.
Specify the printer WPA/WPA2 settings.
The value displayed on the screen differs depending on the present settings.
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Authentication Type:
Displays the type of authentication used for client authentication. This machine supports the PSK authentication method.
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Dynamic Encryption Type:
Displays the dynamic encryption method.
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Change Settings... Displays the  Authentication Type Confirmation  screen....