The Canon printer software is necessary to configure a printer with a personal device. The software packages are generally available in the software CD that comes along with your Canon printer. The files that are bundled in the CD might be outdated or corrupted at times. In such cases, the software can be downloaded from our website for the operating system on which your computer operates. The procedure is as follows.
Steps to download the software for Canon printers
- Power up the personal device and connect it to a network connection.
- The network connection can be established using a wired or wireless LAN according to the availability of the resources.
- Launch the web browser and open our website.
- Look for the Canon printers from the Homepage.
- Search the series of your printer using the search bar.
- Locate the particular printer model and click on the Drivers and Downloads tab.
- Navigate to the driver Download option for your operating system and click on the Download button.
- The file gets downloaded into the computer now.
Detailed procedure for Canon printer software free download
- Turn on your device by connecting the power cord to a direct power supply outlet. Ensure that you are not connecting it to a spike buster or surge protector, to avoid power supply issues.
- Connect the personal device to a working network connection. This connection can be of a wired or wireless type depending upon the connection facility that is available at your place.
- Make sure that the connected network is stable and fast. Slower connections take a longer duration to download and install the required files. It is always advised to connect to a stable connection to avoid error during the software download.
- Launch the web browser and open our website. Search for the Canon printers and navigate to the corresponding printer series. Search for your printer model and click on it. The printer page opens.
- Scroll down to locate the drivers and downloads tab in the page. Navigate to the oftware Download option for your operating system. The software package is available with a .exe extension for Windows and a .dmg extension for Mac operating systems.
- Locate the Download option next to the required file and click on it to initiate the download.
- The file will now get downloaded to the computer. Wait for the completion of the download and open the downloads folder.
- Extract the zipped file using a suitable application and save it in the hard drive of the computer. Ensure that these operations are done after logging in as the administrator of the computer.
- This enables the user to provide permissions for driver download and thus avoiding permission issues.
- Once extracted, initiate the Setup file from the list of downloaded files. The setup file will guide you through the required steps for software installation for your Canon printer.