
Print from more locations than ever with the MX492 thanks to outstanding connectivity options and the ability to place the printer more places than ever with its 30% reduction in size over previous MX models.
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While the printer's LCD panel is not the most intuitive, I have never had a problem figuring out how to get it to do what I want. MS Word), and works for both printing and scanning. It's no big deal, because the USB MX492 instance does show up when I use the print dialog for applications (e.g. It hasn't shown up there yet after about 22 hours. The tech support person said that there is a glitch in Windows 10 which fails to display the printer for as long as 24 hours. The only remaining issue is that the USB instance of the printer does not show up in Control Panel, Devices and Printers.
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It turned out that you have to install another instance of the driver, as the wired interface is in essence a completely different printer from the wireless one. The tech support person was very helpful, and inside of 20 minutes it was up and running. After a few minutes of trying, I couldn't figure out how to get my Windows 10 computer to recognize it, so I called Canon support. Since I already had MX492 driver and software installed, I tried to find somewhere in the user interface to add the USB instance of the printer. Now I spend lots of time on the road, and I needed a printer in my hotel room, so I bought a second MX492, which I need to use with a USB cable. It has proved versatile, as I have had to use it with a variety of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and W. The automatic document feeder works very well, and is one of the reasons I chose this model. I use it for medium duty printing and scanning, and it has been reliable, and prints & scans with high quality. For unrelated reasons I had to change WIFI routers, and used WPS to set it up again. I've had one PIXMA MX492 for over a year in my home office, connecting it with WIFI.
