It is recommended you update your Canon Printer Drivers regularly in order to avoid conflicts.
If the Printing port is not as described above, you need to reinstall the Printer Drivers. Also, make sure the Canon Printer name is appearing in the Printer column Make sure the printer port is listed as “USB123” where “123”is a series of numbers. Click Ports tab in the Properties window. 
Right-click on the Canon Printer icon and select Printer Properties. For Windows 7 – Click Start Menu and select Devices and Printers from the list. Go to Hardware and Sound > Devices and Printers and select Canon Printer from the list. For Windows 8 – Open Control Panel from Settings Charms on the Desktop. Log into your Windows user account with administrative privileges. Here are the steps you need to follow to do this: Once you are done with setting the printer as default, you need to check if the right printer port is configured. Select and right-click the Canon Printer in the list and select “Set as Default Printer” from the menu. You should see the list of Printers installed including your Canon Printer. Open the Control Panel and go to Devices and Printers. Make the Canon printer the default printer by following steps set out below: Try switching the USB cable to ensure there is no problem with this cable – by switching both the cable and the USB port you can rule out problems with the hardware, you want to test that the USB cable is working and the USB port is working. Make sure the printer is switched on and the connection between the printer and computer is established (check power and connection cables). For Windows 7 and Vista users – Go to Desktop, select Start > Control Panel > Programs > Programs and FeaturesĪfter uninstalling Drivers, download the latest Drivers from the Canon website or use a Driver Update Tool (see next section) for the Canon printer and install the Drivers. From the Program List, select “ABC Drivers” where ABC is the printer model number. For Windows 8 users – From the Desktop Charms, select Settings > Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features. Before reinstalling Printer Drivers, delete all unnecessary Printer Drivers by following steps set out below, this will help prevent any conflicts: Steps to delete unnecessary Printer Drivers 
If the above troubleshooting steps do not resolve the issue, you need to reinstall the Printer Drivers.
Unplug the USB cable from both ports and connect again. Check the USB connection between printer and computer and ensure the USB connectors are secured firmly in the ports at both ends. Printer error: the Printer is not detected Printer errors can be very frustrating but thankfully are often quite easy to solve and this goes for Canon printer issues too.
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