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@leonjulie Welcome to the Community! I can't test this configuration but you may find the following post from the Comcast Xfinity forum helpful: AirPrint not working
Hello,
I am not an expert in this area but perhaps I can shed some light on this.
I also have a Canon printer, may not be the same one as you but theres 2 things you should know about wireless printing
1. connecting your printer to the Wi-Fi network is only part of the setup, that means your gateway can "see" your printer.
any PC on your network should be able to "detect" this printer and set up the drivers for it and print., however you mentioned something additional, you specifically mentioned Airprint.
Are you printing from an iphone or ipad device? if so, you need to do an EXTRA step, you actualy have to register your printer for Airprint within the printers web configuration page, yes it sucks no one tells you these things, i had to do it back in the day when i had a working i pad but no longer need it since the ipad is broken.
Once you set this up, Apple devices should see your printer.
I am not an expert in this area but perhaps I can shed some light on this.
I also have a Canon printer, may not be the same one as you but theres 2 things you should know about wireless printing
1. connecting your printer to the Wi-Fi network is only part of the setup, that means your gateway can "see" your printer.
any PC on your network should be able to "detect" this printer and set up the drivers for it and print., however you mentioned something additional, you specifically mentioned Airprint.
Are you printing from an iphone or ipad device? if so, you need to do an EXTRA step, you actualy have to register your printer for Airprint within the printers web configuration page, yes it sucks no one tells you these things, i had to do it back in the day when i had a working i pad but no longer need it since the ipad is broken.
Once you set this up, Apple devices should see your printer.
@Pauly Okay, but apparently everything did work before the switch to Ignite Internet, so it looks like something in the Ignite Gateway is preventing Bonjour from working properly. Looks like the key to getting things working is to enable Zero Config in the Device Discovery options.
(Again, I can't test this configuration and I am currently running in Bridge Mode.)
I guess it would be good to find out WHICH modem they specifically have.
the XB6 or 7??
As I have the 6, and I know that airprint for me, DOES work.
We are able to print from my wifes Mac and our iphones to our HP printer.
THOUGH.. the my HP is connected WIRED to the network, but the other devices are wired.
So I wonder if thats where part of the issue is?
I do have a wireless only HP printer as well, and I know I can print to it from a normal desktop. but I generally dont always have it on, so not sure if airprint works from it.
All in all, when switching from the one service to another, did the wireless network name stay the same? And the device just re attached on its own?
All in all, if it hasnt been done already, I would go full the full reset and re connect of the machine to the network again and see if that resolves anything.
-G-, if your in Bridge mode, then the rogers modem is not providing any Gateway routing of your home network its done via the third party router. if t his is the case, its highly unlikely to be a rogers issue. can you confirm this?
@leonjulie Just to add to @Gdkitty 's comment, the Ignite gateways assign a different default IP address range than the Hitron modems. If your printer or your devices' printer setup was configured in such a way that it was tied to that 192.168.xxx.xxx address range that the Hitron modem would have assigned, the printer may still connect to WiFi but none of the devices on the network would be able to connect to it. If this sounds like it could be your problem, then the easiest fix will may be to reset reset/reconnect the printer to the network... and possibly also delete and redo the printer setup on your other devices if they still cannot print.
However, if your Canon printer is not able to connect (or stay connected) to WiFi at all, then that is a different problem.
We really need to know what is and what is not working on your network before we can provide you with any useful advice on how to get everything back into a good working state again.
@Pauly wrote:
-G-, if your in Bridge mode, then the rogers modem is not providing any Gateway routing of your home network its done via the third party router. if t his is the case, its highly unlikely to be a rogers issue. can you confirm this?
Everything is working fine on my network. However, I am running on my own networking gear and have Bridge Mode enabled on my XB6. I also do not currently have any printers that support AirPrint so I cannot test whether or not that works with my XB6 in gateway mode either.
I was basically just trying to say that I cannot test whether or not AirPrint works in a typical Ignite Internet setup or whether enabling Zero Config on the Ignite Gateway would be required to get AirPrint working.
I also did not want to propose making any drastic changes without knowing exactly what is/is not working with @leonjulie 's network. I assumed that having already consulted with the Rogers and Canon tech support groups, that the basic things would have already been checked/reconfigured and that the Ignite gateway was causing some weird problems in its default configuration.
not sure then.
All I know is I used to have the Rogers ignite internet at my old place., I dont have apple devices but use windows based computers. for phones/tablets i have everything android. i used to use google cloud print but since its discontinued I thought i was out of luck but then i realized i had set up apple air print in my printer and my google android phone picked it up automatically, apparently it uses morphia protocol so u just need the morphia print app and your phone or tablet will find it. it worked for me, i had no other routers or gateways just the rogers modem at the time. i switched providers and so far its still working fine here.
All I know is I used to have the Rogers ignite internet at my old place., I dont have apple devices but use windows based computers. for phones/tablets i have everything android. i used to use google cloud print but since its discontinued I thought i was out of luck but then i realized i had set up apple air print in my printer and my google android phone picked it up automatically, apparently it uses morphia protocol so u just need the morphia print app and your phone or tablet will find it. it worked for me, i had no other routers or gateways just the rogers modem at the time. i switched providers and so far its still working fine here.
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