How can I change the names of my PIXMA G5020 printers for Wi-Fi printing?

[tjpk21]

I run an office and just bought 5 Canon Pixma g5000 series printers and they all are in different peoples' offices. When you go to print, all 5 printers pop up as Canon g5000 series so it's very confusing to try and print to the correct printer. I looked through the manual and couldn't find anything helpful. Any tips? 

[Stephen]

Hi there!

So everyone's on the same page, what are the exact models of your printers, and what operating system(s) do you use?

Have you installed the Canon software & drivers on the client computers from https://canon.us/ijstart 

[tjpk21]

Looks like they are all G5020, and yes I have. 

[tjpk21]

Also we all use iMac's

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

How about logging into the printer's web server and changing the hostmame or mDNS name?

I would also assign each printer a static IP on my network and add them to my MACs as IP printers.

[tjpk21]

Do you have any idea how I would do that from an iMac? Not very tech savvy. 

[tjpk21]

Do you know how I would go about logging into the printer's web server? Is that where I would also assign them a static IP? 

[normadel]

When you installed the printers, was there not a place where you named them, other than the default name?

You could uninstall them, then reinstall them, naming them as you wish.

[tjpk21]

We set up all the printers manually on the printers themselves. Afterwards is when we went through the install process. On my computer I was able to rename them, but when I go to print from my phone it just pops up as default. 

[shadowsports · Accepted solution]

Greetings,

Reserving or assigning a static IP address is done on your router.  After a device has been connected, you can review the list of attached devices.  Once you have the IP address the router has assigned, you visit the LAN settings.  There is typically a place to assign or reserve IP's there.  

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Once you have the IP of the device, open a web browser and enter is there.  Example, my printers IP is 192.168.1.99.

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Log into the printer's webserver and visit its network configuration settings.  The host and mDNS names are there.

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This changes its broadcast name on the network, which is what you want.  Not the computer.