Printer connection

[Ibartdeco51]

Hi 

I’ve a cannon printer PIXMA MG2551S which is USB connection only, tried to pair up with my iPhone without success, the printer fails to be recognised on my phone, any suggestions please?

Les

[Minkey1]

@Ibartdeco51 

What do you mean by “USB connection”? To a PC?

What EE services do you have?

We print over WiFi. Sometimes the iOS share/print option is flaky, so I try the Epson app. 

Does Canon have an iOS app?

[XRaySpeX]

@Ibartdeco51 : If it is USB connected only, it is connected to 1 specific device, a PC presumably, & so is not on any WiFi networks. Therefore it can't be paired with anything. However if the PC is set up for "File & Printer Sharing" other PCs may access that printer over a WiFi connection to the PC, but I dunno whether or how that extends to mobile phones.

[Minkey1]

@XRaySpeX 

It’s not clear whether it *has* worked before, and now doesn’t - or everything’s new. Neither do we know what EE services Les has.

If he’s got BB and the PC has a WiF connection, would a USB connected printer “see” the network the phone presumably is also on?

Who knows. My desktop days are long gone.

[Ibartdeco51]

Hi
It would be more straight forward if I was using a laptop because I could simply use the setup disc that came with the printer.
I don’t think I can use this printer with my phone or iPad maybe best to return the printer and get a laptop.
Thanks for your response.
Les
Sent from my iPad

[XRaySpeX]

@Minkey1 : A USB-Only connected printer can't see anything other than the PC it is connected to. It is the PC that routes other device's print requests to a shared printer.