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Obtaining Your Network Key

PIXMA MP990 / PIXMA MX640 / PIXMA MP560

Mac OS

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Navigation Tips for Macintosh Users

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To navigate this guide, please use the arrows on the MAC

keyboard or use the PAGE UP and Page DOWN keys.

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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.