Canon MP560 - PIXMA Color Inkjet Instruction and safety manual

Obtaining Your Network Key
PIXMA MP990 / PIXMA MX640 / PIXMA MP560
Mac OS
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Obtaining Your Network Key
PIXMA MP990 / PIXMA MX640 / PIXMA MP560
Mac OS
Introduction 4
Download the Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant 5
Using the Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant 7
Troubleshooting 12
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Introduction
If you are unable to proceed past the Access Points screen during wireless setup because the required Network Key is not known, you may be
able to retrieve the information using the Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant.
IMPORTANT: When you do not need this tool anymore, drag the file in the Trash, and delete it.
NOTE: The Wireless Setup Assistant is supported on Mac OS X 10.4 or greater
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Introduction

Step One
Go to the Canon USA Download Library
Click here to go to the Canon USA download library
Step Two
Select Multifunction Printers in the first menu dropdown,
Inkjet in the second and your model in the third. Click Go.
Download the Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant
To use the machine by connecting it to a computer, software including the drivers needs to be copied (installed) to the computer's hard disk. The
installation process takes about 20 minutes. (The installation time varies depending on the computer environment or the number of applications
to be installed.)
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Download the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant

Step Four
In the Software section, click the link to download the file
CanonAPChkTool.
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Step Five
On the next screen, read the information and instructions and
click I Agree - Begin Download
Choose to "Save" the file. Write down the file name and the
location to where the file is being saved.
Step Three
In the Drivers / Software Selection section, select
your operating system in the Select OS dropdown menu.
Download the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant

Using the Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant
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Step One
Display the window for selecting access point using the buttons on the printer.
Please refer to the Getting Started Guide if you are unable to display the below window on the LCD screen.
Using the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant

Step Three
Read the License Agreement, and then click Yes when you accept the
agreement.
Using the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant
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Step Two
Run the downloaded tool "Wireless Setup Assistant " that
you downloaded to the computer by double clicking its icon.

Step Five
1. When the "Confirm Access to Keychain" dialog is displayed, click
Allow Once in Mac OS X v10.4, Allow in Mac OS X v10.5/v10.6.
2. If the dialog is displayed more than once, click the above-
mentioned button in each dialog.
3. Do not click Always Allow, the information will not be obtained
properly.
Step Four
When the following dialog is displayed, click OK.
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Using the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant

Step Six
1. The "Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant" tool is
launched.
2. Confirm that the same access points are listed in the
Assistant and Access Point windows.
3. Write down the Network Password of the access point.
NOTE: The Network Password may be displayed with texts of the
alphabets from A to F (base 16number). Write down it as-is.
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Using the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant

Step Eight
When the setup is completed, the "Setup Complete" dialog is
displayed, proceed with the remainder of the setup as described in
the Getting Started Guide.
Step Seven
1. In the window for selecting access point of the
printer unit, select the access point specified in the
step 4, then click OK.
2. When the window for entering the network key is
displayed, enter the key you copied in Step Six.
3. Click OK.
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Using the Canon PIXMA
Wireless Setup Assistant

Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting
If the following error message below is displayed.
The entered network key may not match with the access point you specified.
1. Press the Set button
2. You will return to the screen for entering the network key.
3. Then repeat Steps Six and Seven.