Canon Inc. is a Japanese company who specializes in the manufacture of imaging and optical devices. Canon printers are famous for being top-notch and produce astonishing results. Like all hardware, even this printer has problems and bugs when interacting with another system. canon printer offline
One of these problems is that the printer shows an offline status even when it is connected properly. Before we start, make sure that your printer is connected properly with all the power outlets as well as you are connected to the network.
Solution 1: Reconnect Printer to Wi-Fi
Before we refer to other workarounds, first we will reconnect your printer your Wireless router. You can forget wireless router from your Canon printer by accessing its settings. Then you can reconnect it from scratch. We have demonstrated how to connect a wireless network to a specific canon printer. Your model might be different but the steps are more or less the same.
Press and hold the Wi-Fi button on your printer until the notification for Wi-Fi on your printer starts blinking. why my canon printer says offline
The light will keep blinking while searching for available networks. It will also keep blinking when it is connecting to the access points. When the printer successfully connects to the access point, the light will remain lit.
WPS button on your router is present somewhat to its side.
If you don’t want to use the WPS method to connect to your network, you can use the settings on your printer LCD and connect accordingly.
