Printing/Scanning With Wireless Direct - Canon PIXMA TS3160 Online Manual

Printing/Scanning with Wireless Direct

You can connect devices (e.g. smartphone or tablet) to the printer by two methods below.
• Wireless connection (connecting devices via a wireless router)
• Direct wireless connection (connecting devices using Wireless Direct)
This section describes Wireless Direct, which allows you to print by connecting the devices to the printer
directly.
Follow the procedure below to use Wireless Direct.
1. Enable Wireless Direct.
2. Connect devices to printer.
3. Perform printing or scanning operation.
Important
• You can connect up to 5 devices to the printer at the same time.
• Check the usage restrictions and switch the printer to the Wireless Direct.
Restrictions
Preparing for Wireless Direct
Change settings below to prepare for Wireless Direct.
• Printer's LAN settings
Enabling Wireless Direct of Printer
• Settings of a device to connect
Connecting the Device to the Printer
Enabling Wireless Direct of Printer
1. Make sure that the printer is turned on.
2. Press the Direct button.
The icon appears on the LCD.
The Wireless Direct is enabled and a device can be connected to the printer wirelessly.
Note
• To check the printer's MAC address and the current Wireless Direct settings, print out the
network setting information.
Printing Network Settings
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