How to resolveCanon PrinterOffline?

Printing doesn’t always go smoothly andsometimes you might be faced annoying technicalglitches during work on it. Including its ample ofissues, Canon Printer Offline Error is the onewhich makes you driven up the wall as it stops todo a print job.

Canon Printer Offline issue is somehow commonbut, fortunately, it can be exterminated.However, before proceeding towards turningCanon printer offline to the online, the first usershould know about some common root causesthat make this error to occur.

Locate The Reasons for CanonPrinter Offline Issue:

Connection issueLoose wire or USB cablePrinter sleep modeThe printer is in paused modePaper-jam issueEmpty paper traySlow internet connectionVirus or malware attackCorrupt printer drivers and softwarePrinter drivers not supporting new Windows after an update.

There could be a number of reasons for a printer to go offline.But it is very important for the user as well to know about suchreasons behind the canon printer offline error.1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

Step 1: Reconnect your printer withWi-Fi

First, ‘Forget’ the router to disconnect it from your printer.Then reconnect it with your printer. If you use USB cable connection, thenconnect both with the help of USB.Or if you prefer connecting your wireless printer wirelessly with theinternet router, then open the WiFi Wizard Setup window on your touchscreen printer and connect through it.Press and hold your printer’s Wi-Fi button until the Wi-Fi light startsblinking.Once you are certain and your printer start blinking blue light, then headover your wifi router and press the WPS button.These methods will connect your printer with Wifi again.

Before trying something else start with some basic steps. Hence, reconnectyour printer with wifi.

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Step 2: Disable “Use Printer Offline”Option from Your PC:

Click on the “Start” button and then type “Control Panel” in thesearch barAfter that select “Hardware and Sound” from the list of sub-categories availableClick on “Devices and Printers” on the window that comes upRight-click on your Canon printer and click “See what’s printingClick on “Printer” present from the top-left side of the screenby clicking on the drop-down menu.Make sure that the option “Use printer offline” is unchecked. Ifit is checked, then remove the tick mark and save the changes.Once you have made the changes, click “Cancel all documents”and try connecting your Canon printer again.

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Step 3: Restart your printer spooler

Press Windows key + R simultaneously.This will open the Run box, now enter services.msc andpress Enter.The ‘Services’ window will get open, there you will see alist of Windows services. Click on any service andcontinuously press P until Printer Spooler is highlighted.Now right-click on the Printer Spooler and select theProperties from the drop-down menu.

Printer Spooler manages all the print jobs that are sent to theprinter. Try restarting the Spooler service and ensure that ifthis can correct the Canon printer offline issue.1.2.

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Step 4: Update Your Canon PrinterDrivers

Open Run window by pressing Windows key and R on the keyboard simultaneously.Now open Device Manager >> Print Queues (in the submenu),Next right clicks on the printer hardware and select Update Driver.Now the window will ask you a question- “How do you want to search for the driver?”Select- ‘Browse my computer for driver software, and move further.

Now reboot your system and see if the error is resolved or not.

If the above methods don’t work, it means there is a problem with the driver of your printer.So, you have to uninstall the printer driver first and then reinstall it again manually.You can download the official Canon setup website. After downloading required drivers andsoftware, follow the below steps to reinstall canon printer drivers correctly.1.2.3.4.5.

Choose the option to install the drivers for your printer and then update accordingly.1.

Above mentioned steps will surely help you in turning your canon printer from offline toonline.

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