Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant

Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant is a tool that helps you get passed the "Access Points" screen shown in the wireless installation wizard when attempting to connect your Canon printer to a wireless network. It can obtain the network key requested by the setup wizard, in case you lost or forgot it.

The program is officially discontinued, which means that it will not receive any further updates. Nevertheless, you can still download and use the last released version from Softpedia.

However, you should keep in mind that the assistant is compatible with older Windows only, namely XP SP3 or newer, Vista and 7. In all cases, it supports both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) architecture types. Suffice it to say, the app only works with Canon printers.

To get started, you can launch the access points window, where you can view the SSID, encryption type, number of channels and signal strength of each access point. Next, launch Canon PIXMA Wireless Setup Assistant, which should detect the same access points and automatically retrieve the corresponding access points, without your intervention. At this point, you can easily copy the network key from one window to another.

In case you receive an error related to the printer's failure to connect to the specified access point, it's due to the fact that the network key doesn't math the selected access point. It's necessary to confirm the correct name of the access point and then start from scratch.