When you press the Wireless setup button on the printer consol, it tells you to go press the WPS button on the device. It doesn't explain what the device is, but I am pretty sure they mean to press the WPS button on the wireless router. I have worked on a lot of wireless routers and have only seen one wireless router with a WPS button.
We have a new macbook pro. There is no CD slot on the new MBP. We have the Pixma mg5420 printer. Brand new Jan 21, 2014.
What I did instead (and this worked !!!).
On the Printer do the following:
1) Press the home button on the printer, or whatever button it takes to see the Wireless setup button. Press the wirelss setup button on the printer (on mine it was the lower left button under the consol screen on the mg5420 pixma printer). The wireless setup button has the typical icon for wireless, curved lines in the shape of a piece of pie. Looks like a radar gun from a cartoon.
2) Printer will say searching
3) wait 10 seconds or so
4) press the STOP button on the printer.
5) you will see an advanced button. Select advanced and press the OK button.
6) hopefull it will now find your wireless routers name and should find all your neighbors wireless routers too.
7) select that router and press OK button on printer.
😎 It will ask you to select the security used on this wireless router. If you don't know just start trying them. Ours was WPA2 personal (AES). Press OK after selecting the security type.
9) when you select the correct security it will ask you to enter the password on the next screen. So enter the password you normally use to connect to your wireless router.
10) Press OK, when done and follow the prompts to get out.
I did the above from memory, so might be a bit off, but still better than what Canon supplied.
Back on the computer
1) If you haven't already, go to www.canon.com and download the correct drivers for your pixma printer and your OS and install.
2) Print a test page.
