Wifi connections between an ipad-2 and canon pixma 6250

[tontoncristobal]

How do we connect with an ipad-2 by wifi with a canon pixma 6250 . All works from the mac to the printer, the signal is ok, but the printer or the ipad dont see each other !

 

[goofy8275]

Hi,
Is the printer AirPrint compatible? If not, you may need to attach it to a device such as the XPrint Server box to us it with an iOS decide.
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[giradman]

How do we connect with an ipad-2 by wifi with a canon pixma 6250 . All works from the mac to the printer, the signal is ok, but the printer or the ipad dont see each other !

Hello and welcome to the forum!

As already stated, Air Print compatibility is needed for 'wireless' printing from the iPad. My first question is whether your Mac computer is printing via a USB cable or wirelessly? If the latter, then I assume the Canon Pixma is Air Print compatible, so why the problem w/ the iPad?

I would first suggest 'power recycling' the printer, i.e. just turn off the power wait a little and then re-power the printer - that has helped me in the past. If not successful, then 're-start' and/or 'reset' the iPad - and if still a problem, I would suggest visiting the Canon website, search for your printer, and see if there is a firmware upgrade to the printer - this has been an issue for others on this forum.

Finally, if all of these suggestions fail, there are a number of 'software' solutions to simulate Air Print; for myself, I've been using a program from Collobos called FingerPrint (HERE) - will install on your Mac (nothing needed on the iPad) - I've been using the program successfully for nearly 2 yrs on my Canon Pixma & Brother laser printers.

Please post back your results - may help others. Good luck!