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If you are a long-term user of Canon PIXMA printer, then you must have come across an error message saying that your printer is offline. And when your printer is offline, you will not be able to command your printer to print any document. Although this problem is minor it could turn out to be a severe problem if not dealt with on time. Sometimes, fixing the offline issue on your printer takes you to uninstall and reinstall the printer drivers via Canon.com/ijsetup. While there could be times when you just need to restart your printer to get it back online.

Although it is important to understand the reason behind this issue, no matter what the reason is, finding ways to get your printer back online is a major task. Hence, in the sections below, we are going to list some solutions to make the printer’s status from offline to online.

Ways to get Canon PIXMA Printer back online

• The simplest thing you can try to fix the printer offline issue on your printer is to restart your printer and the device with which it is connected.
• Apart from this, you can also take off the cables from your printer and the power source and then reconnect all the cables back to their original position after waiting for some time.
• Moreover, you can also navigate to Canon.com/ijsetup and install the latest printer driver updates from there.
• If you are using a printer that is connected to the Wi-Fi, then you should try to check the network connectivity status on your device as well as the printer.

Conclusion:

Finally, we can say that the printer offline issue is not as severe as you might be thinking. However, if restarting doesn’t help, then you may try to perform some other troubleshooting steps to fix the issue. To avoid facing this issue, you should keep on installing the latest printer driver updates via (ij.start.cannon). This would make your printer visible from any device that you are trying to connect it to.

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