Sy_Accursed Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have a wifi canon pixma mg 5250 printer; as of today for no apprent reason neither my mac or my windows pc can communicate with it. I've tried reinstalling on both systems and resetting the printer to no avail, any suggestions? Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Is DCHP on? Does your router recognise it? To be honest, printers are all but black magic. RIP TET "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvus Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have a wifi canon pixma mg 5250 printer; as of today for no apprent reason neither my mac or my windows pc can communicate with it. I've tried reinstalling on both systems and resetting the printer to no avail, any suggestions?Well one thing that would be helpful to know is how you have the computers hooked up to the printer and what error message it is giving. Assuming that you have the two computers hooked up by WiFi, I would suggest trying to use the printer through the USB connection (generally requires a USB A-B cable) and see if the printer is at all functional, or if its just the WiFi that is acting up. Note I am assuming that you actually bothered to followed the standard checking to make sure your Printer wireless settings match the Access Point's settings, and went through the networking troubleshooting booklet. Thanks to DrCue at DeviantArt for the signature source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure_fett Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I have a wifi canon pixma mg 5250 printer; as of today for no apprent reason neither my mac or my windows pc can communicate with it. I've tried reinstalling on both systems and resetting the printer to no avail, any suggestions?Well one thing that would be helpful to know is how you have the computers hooked up to the printer and what error message it is giving. Assuming that you have the two computers hooked up by WiFi, I would suggest trying to use the printer through the USB connection (generally requires a USB A-B cable) and see if the printer is at all functional, or if its just the WiFi that is acting up. Note I am assuming that you actually bothered to followed the standard checking to make sure your Printer wireless settings match the Access Point's settings, and went through the networking troubleshooting booklet. ^this, i highly suggest setting printers up wired (use a laptop or something if it's in a separate room) because when you try to mess with the wifi then you have atleast ruled out the printer itself as being the problemas a wifi problem is a completely different issue to deal with i don't play psykick anymore... i play 2ed: "pure fett" 26081 to get 99 herblore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. V. Devnull Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 (edited) Sy, I'm gonna have to with the above, and suggest that you check your wifi settings and then switch to hardwired as well. It sounds much to me like someone broke into your network, changed a ton of your settings, and left your printer non-connectable. :geek: ~D. V. "Feeling like taking note of the worst-case situation..." Devnull (Edit by author due to missed thoughts earlier...) Edited November 1, 2011 by D_V_Devnull and normally with a cool mind.(Warning: This user can be VERY confusing to some people... And talks in 3rd person for the timebeing due to how insane they are... Sometimes even to themself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 It sounds much to me like someone broke into your network, changed a ton of your settings, and left your printer non-connectable. :geek: Um... I doubt this.. I doubt this very much. Printers do this, they're the most temperamental things. RIP TET "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sy_Accursed Posted November 1, 2011 Author Share Posted November 1, 2011 It was working as I used it to photo copy just before printing.I had verified the network settings and it doesn't have a cable port that I'm aware of + no cable anyway.It didn't make error messages, simply the computers could not communicate with it to print, despite being able to detect it as being there and turned on & it showing up in the router. In the end I shut down the printer, both computers and the router and it all came back on and working fine. Operation Gold Sparkles :: Chompy Kills :: Full Profound :: Champions :: Barbarian Notes :: Champions Tackle Box :: MA RewardsDragonkin Journals :: Ports Stories :: Elder Chronicles :: Boss Slayer :: Penance King :: Kal'gerion Titles :: Gold Statue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. V. Devnull Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 <<<snip>>> In the end I shut down the printer, both computers and the router and it all came back on and working fine.In short, it was just a nasty glitch that required a reboot. Glad to hear my worst-case theory wasn't true. :lol: ~D. V. "Phew! LOL" Devnull and normally with a cool mind.(Warning: This user can be VERY confusing to some people... And talks in 3rd person for the timebeing due to how insane they are... Sometimes even to themself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 <<<snip>>> In the end I shut down the printer, both computers and the router and it all came back on and working fine.In short, it was just a nasty glitch that required a reboot. Glad to hear my worst-case theory wasn't true. :lol: ~D. V. "Phew! LOL" DevnullYou're always assuming the worse, so it comes as no surprise to me that it wasn't more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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