Canon MP620 pixima setup

Wasn't super easy to get this printer on the wifi. The rough steps were:

1. get it working via usb
2. get IJ network tool from canon via the Thailand site - why isn't this avaiable on the MP620 drivers page in Canon Canada? who knows
3. Run the IJ network tool to setup your access point
4. turn off printer
5. turn on printer
6. add printer in osx.. wait for it to just show up magically (don't enter it via IP address)
7. May take a reset to show up..
8. Then it worked - and I'm using OSX 10.11.6

Update for mac osx 11.1 big sur - we bought a new MacBook and Cannon's drivers are not supported

Based on the great guide by John VanDyk. 

From the older machine that has drivers copy /Library/Printers/ 

Backup that Printers folder contents on the new machine

sudo launchctl stop org.cups.cupsd

Copy over the older files from that older machine and set permissions - 

sudo chown -R root:admin /Library/Printers/




Create this link as described by John - 

sudo ln -s /Library/Printers/Canon/BJPrinter/Plugins/BJNP/canonijnetwork.bundle/Contents/MacOS/canonijnetwork /usr/libexec/cups/backend/canonijnetwork




sudo launchctl start org.cups.cupsd

Then try to add the printer. 

As John wrote, try connecting it via USB cable before trying wifi. You may have to wait a bit for it to show up. I got it to work without doing USB first, so it might not be needed.