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Preparations Before Using Canon Inkjet Cloud Printing Center

To use the Canon Inkjet Cloud Printing Center, you need to follow the steps described below and register the user information.

Print registration information from the printer

  1. From the home window, select Setup -> Web service setup -> Web service connection setup -> IJ Cloud Printing Center setup -> Register with this service

  2. In the registration confirmation window, Select Yes

  3. In the print settings, select the display language

  4. Follow the instructions displayed in the window, and print the URL of the authentication site and the Printer registration ID

    Set A4 size or Letter size plain paper and select OK.
    The authentication URL and Printer registration ID are printed.

    Note

    • You will use this printed page in the next step.

Important

  • The operation to complete the registration should be done within 60 minutes.

Access the URL on the printed page, and then enter the e-mail address and other necessary information

Important

  • Do not use the Back button of the web browser while an operation is processing. The screen may not transition properly.

  1. Use the web browser on your PC, smartphone, tablet, or other devices to access the authentication URL

  2. On the Login screen, select Create new account

  3. Enter the E-mail address and Printer registration ID of the printer's owner, and then select OK

    The registration page URL is sent to the e-mail address entered.

    Important

    • There are character restrictions for the e-mail address, as shown below.

      • You can use up to 255 alphanumeric characters consisting of single-byte characters and symbols (!$'*/^_{}|~.-@).
      • Multibyte characters cannot be used.
        You will get an error if the e-mail address you enter contains a character that cannot be used.
    • If you registered a different e-mail address by mistake, you can cancel the registration by going to the printer's Home screen and selecting Setup (or by pressing the Setup button on the operation panel) -> Web service setup -> Connection setup -> IJ Cloud Printing Center setup (IJCloudPrintingCtr) -> Delete from this service.
    • You may not be able to receive the notification if you are using a spam filter. If you have a setting to receive only the e-mails from certain domains, be sure to change the setting to allow receiving e-mails from "noreply@mail.cs.c-ij.com".
      There will be no error display even if you could not receive the e-mail because of the spam filter setting or if you entered an incorrect e-mail address.

Access the URL in the e-mail, register the information, and complete the user registration

  1. When an e-mail with the subject "Information on Canon Inkjet Cloud Printing Center" is sent to the e-mail address that you entered, select the URL

  2. In the License agreement and Privacy statement windows of Canon Inkjet Cloud Printing Center, read the statements, and select Agree if you agree

  3. In the user information entry screen, enter your Password, and select Next

    Enter your password for logging in to the Canon Inkjet Cloud Printing Center.

    Important

    • There are character restrictions for the Password, as shown below.

      • The password needs to be between 8 and 32 characters long, using single-byte alphanumeric characters and symbols (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~). (Alphabets are case-sensitive)

  4. Enter the User name

    Enter the name that identifies the user.

    Important

    • The User name entry field has the following character restrictions:

      • The user name needs to be between 1 and 20 characters long, using single-byte alphanumeric characters and symbols (!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~). (Alphabets are case-sensitive)

  5. Specify the Time zone setting, and select Next

    Select your region on the list. If you cannot find your region on the list, select the one closest to your region.

    Apply daylight saving time
    This appears only when there is a daylight saving time in the Time zone that you selected.
    Select whether or not to apply the daylight saving time.

  6. Enter the Security code and select Done

    Enter the code for authenticating the user.

    Important

    • The Security code entry field has the following character restrictions:

      • Single-byte numbers

The registration is complete. A registration completion message is displayed.
When you select the OK button in the message, the login screen is displayed.

Enter the registered e-mail address and password, and log in to the Canon Inkjet Cloud Printing Center.