Canon printer PIXMA MG2920 User Manual
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•If No Driver is displayed for the name, associate the port with the printer. When the Printer Driver Is Not Associated with a Port • If Not Found is displayed for the status, check the followings: • The access point is turned on. • When using wired LAN, the LAN cable is connected properly. • 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 machine and the computer with a USB cable, then select Refresh. • If the printer is being used from another computer, a screen is displayed informing you of this condition. Note • This item has the same function as Update in the Canon IJ Network Tool screen. Network Information Displays the Network Information screen to confirm the network settings of the printer and the computer. Network Information Screen Display Warning Automatically Enables or disables automatic display of the instruction screen. When this menu is selected, the instruction screen is displayed if one or more ports are unavailable for printing. 3. Settings menu Configuration... Displays the Configuration screen to configure settings of the selected printer. Configuration Screen Note • This item has the same function as Configuration... in the Canon IJ Network Tool screen. Enable switch printer function When you cannot use your printer, you can use the same one on the network instead. When you enable this function and you cannot use your printer, the screen to confirm if you start searching the same printer as yours is displayed. Follow the message on the screen. Note • When this function is enabled, a check mark appears on the menu. Associate Port... Displays the Associate Port screen and you can associate a port with the printer. Associate Port Screen This menu is available when No Driver is displayed for the selected printer. Associating a port with the printer enables you to use it. 231
Maintenance...Displays the Maintenance screen to revert 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 wireless LAN... 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 wireless LAN screen, the changed settings are applied to the printer settings. Note • You can use this function only when you are using a computer compatible with the wireless LAN. 4. Help menu Instructions Displays this guide. About Displays the version of IJ Network Tool. 232
Status ScreenYou can check the printer status and connection performance. To display the Status screen, select Status from the View menu. Note • This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using. • When using wired LAN, Signal Strength:, Link Quality: and Advanced Measurement... are not available. 1. Device Status: The device status is displayed as Available or Unavailable . 2. Signal Strength: Indicates the strength of the signal received by the printer, ranging from 0% to 100%. 3. Link Quality: Indicates the signal quality excluding the noise while communicating, ranging from 0% to 100%. 4. Advanced Measurement... To examine the connection performance between the printer and the access point or between the printer and the computer. When you click, the Connection Performance Measurement is displayed. Connection Performance Measurement Screen 233
Connection Performance Measurement Screen Note • This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using. Displays to execute the connection performance measurement. Connection Performance Measurement Screen (Initial Screen) Connection Performance Measurement Screen (Completion Screen) Connection Performance Measurement Screen (Initial Screen)Click Next> to start measurement. Connection Performance Measurement Screen (Completion Screen) Displays when the measurement is finished. 234
1.Connection Performance between the Printer and the Access Point: A mark indicates the result of the connection performance measurement between the printer and the access point. : Good connection performance : Unstable connection performance : Cannot connect : Measurement is canceled, or cannot measure 2. Remeasurement Measures the connection performance again. Note • If any messages appear on Overall Network Performance: , move the machine and access point as instructed to improve the performance. 235
Maintenance ScreenDisplays to perform Setting Initialization and Network Setup of the Card Slot . To display the Maintenance screen, select Maintenance... from the Settings menu.1. Setting Initialization Reverts all the network settings of the printer to factory default. Click Initialize to display the Initialize Settings screen and click Yes to initialize the network settings of the printer. Do not turn off the printer during initialization. Click OK when initialization is complete. Performing initialization when connected over wireless LAN will break the connection, so perform setup with the Setup CD-ROM or perform setup according to the instructions on our website. 2. Network Setup of the Card Slot Note • This item is not available depending on the printer you are using. Status displays whether the card slot is mapped as a network drive. When you click, the Network Setup of the Card Slot is displayed. Network Setup of the Card Slot Screen 236
Network Setup of the Card Slot Screen Note • This screen is not available depending on the printer you are using. Displays settings of the card slot and allows you to map a card slot on the network as a network drive on the computer. Displays when you click Setup on the Maintenance screen. Network Setup of the Card Slot Screen (Setup Screen) Network Setup of the Card Slot Screen (Setup Failed Screen) Note • You can change the network settings of the printer using IJ Network Tool with USB connection after initializing the LAN settings. To change the network settings using IJ Network Tool, activate the LAN settings in advance. Network Setup of the Card Slot Screen (Setup Screen) 1. Drive: Select the drive letter to assign to the network drive. 2. Update Reloads the drive letters that are unassigned in Computer (My Computer in Windows XP) and displays them in the Drive: list. Network Setup of the Card Slot Screen (Setup Failed Screen) Display when the network setup of the card slot is failed. 237
1. Skip Completes the setup without mapping a network drive to the card slot. 2. Retry Returns to Network Setup of the Card Slot screen and re-executes the network drive mapping. 3. Cancel Cancels the card slot setup. When IJ Network Tool is running over LAN, the Cancel button is displayed grayed out and cannot be clicked. 238
Associate Port ScreenAllows you to associate a created port with a printer driver. Select the printer for which you want to change the association, then click OK. Note • You cannot print with the printer unless the printer driver is associated with the port. 1. Model: Displays the name of device specified as a destination port.It is blank if the name of device is not detected. 2. Printer: Displays the printer driver installed in the computer. Select the printer for which you want to change the association. 3. OK Performs association. 239
Network Information ScreenDisplay the network information that is set for the printers and the computers. To display the Network Information screen, select Network Information from the View menu.1. OK Returns to the Canon IJ Network Tool screen. 2. Copy All Information All network information displayed is copied to the clipboard. 240