Also in the Canon forum there is this thread about the issue. In the latter post, someone posted a video of the printer malfunctioning.

Canon MX492 is doing this for hours on end without stop – Anyone know why and how to fix?.What is wrong with my Canon MX 492 Printer.This could be an isolated issue, but the post has already received 65 comments and another user confirmed this issues with Canon PIXMA MX490 series printers (and possibly other models) getting stuck in a boot loop. Remedies such as factory resetting the printer or resetting the network (presumably the Wi-Fi connection to the network) did not help, the affected person writes. If the Wi-Fi connection to the network is disconnected, the printer works without problems. Thus, the devices are virtually unusable. The device switches off and on again or remains in a kind of restart loop – as soon as the printer is connected to a network via Wi-Fi. I've already reset my network and did a factory reset on the printer. If I disconnect from the network, it works fine. It keeps turning on and off repeatedly every time I connect it to the wifi. On, a concerned person who opened the this thread writes about the following difficulties with a Canon MX492 printer in connection with a network:Ĭanon MX492 Restarting Repeatedly after connecting to Wifi The request reached me via a closed group on Facebook, where someone pointed out the problem in a short message with reference to a discussion at (thanks to Max S. The devices can be connected to a network via Wi-Fi connection. The Canon MX492 is a wireless all-in-one inkjet photo printer from the Pixma series, which can fax, print and scan.

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