Introduction
Even in places without an access point, you can print directly from a smartphone connected wirelessly to the printer.
This article describes how to wirelessly print images saved to Wi-Fi®*1-compatible Android™ smartphones.
Start the operation from step 1.
This printer is a Wi-Fi certified product. You can wirelessly print images from Wi-Fi-supporting smartphones*2, tablets*2, cameras, and computers.
*1 Wi-Fi is a brand name that indicates interoperability certification of wireless LAN devices.
*2 Requires installation of the dedicated Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY app on your smartphone or tablet. For convenience in this article, smartphones and tablets are collectively referred to as "smartphones".
Caution
Even if Canon Easy-PhotoPrint has been installed on your smartphone or tablet, please make sure to start from step 1 and follow the instructions on installing/using Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY.
Before using Wi-Fi, be sure to read "Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) Precautions" in the manual.
Some features are not available when printing via Wi-Fi.
You cannot connect via Wi-Fi in ad-hoc mode.
Caution
For convenience in this article, wireless routers and other base stations are referred to as "access points".
In the text, the operation instructions that begin with this illustration
are for smartphones.
The operation instructions that begin with this illustration 
are for SELPHY.
Step 1: Confirming the Android™ OS version
Step 2: Installing Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY on the Android™ smartphone
Step 3: Connecting the Android™ smartphone to Selphy
Step 4: Printing images from the Android™ smartphone with Selphy
Step 1: Check the Android™ OS Version
1. Check the environment on your Android™ smartphone.
Please refer to the "Related information" section at the bottom of this page for specifications and system requirements of the smartphones which can be connected by Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY and Wi-Fi.
You can check your Android™ OS version by accessing "About device" in "Settings" on your Android™ smartphone.
Caution
We recommend turning OFF sleep mode on your Android™ smartphone first.
Names of settings and operation methods differ depending on the model of your Android™ smartphone or OS version.
Step 2: Install Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY on your Android™ Smartphone
: Download and install Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY from Google Play™.
If Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY is already installed on your Android™ smartphone, proceed to step 3: Connect your SELPHY and Android™ smartphone.
Caution
Here, instructions are given using Android™ OS 4.4 as an example.
The text includes examples of an Android™ smartphone screen. The items displayed on the screen may differ depending on the model of your Android™ smartphone. For details, refer to the user manual of your Android™ smartphone.
1. Tap the [Play Store] icon on your Android™ smartphone to start Google Play™.
Caution
You can download Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY for free. However, you will be charged communication fees when connecting to Google Play™.
You need a Google account to download Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY.
If you are using an Android smartphone without Google Play™ you cannot download Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY.
Downloading via a cell phone line may take longer than downloading via Wi-Fi.
2. Tap the search icon.
4. Select "Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY" in the search results and install it.
Step 3: Connect SELPHY with your Android™ Smartphone
5. Prepare SELPHY.
Remove any inserted memory cards or USB flash drives.
Insert a loaded paper cassette and an ink cassette in SELPHY.
For details, refer to Printing images with your new SELPHY CP910 photo printer.
6. Access the setting screen.
・Press the MENU button ⋖
⋗.
・Press the ⋖
⋗⋖
⋗ buttons to select [Wi-Fi Settings], and then press the ⋖OK⋗ button.
・Press the ⋖⋗⋖⋗ buttons to select [Connection Settings], and then press the ⋖OK⋗ button.
7. Check the printer name.
・Check the displayed printer name and press the ⋖OK⋗ button.
・When you connect devices via Wi-Fi, this name will be displayed on the target device to identify the printer.
・You can change the printer name by pressing the EDIT button.
9. The screen below is displayed.
・You can change the password by pressing the EDIT button
10. Use your Android™ smartphone to join the network displayed on the printer screen.
・ In the smartphone’s Wi-Fi settings, select the SSID (network name) displayed on the printer.
・Enter the password displayed on the printer into the password field.
Caution
When entering the password, please be careful of numbers and letters that may be easily confused ( '1' and 'I', or '0' and 'o').
11. Make sure that SELPHY and your Android™ smartphone are connected and tap the home button to return to the home screen.
Caution
Follow the procedure on the screen to register a printer when connecting for the first time.
Tap the "Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY" ( 
) icon on your Android™ smartphone to start "Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY".
Step 4: Use SELPHY to Print Images on your Android™ Smartphone
2. Tap the items that include the data you want to print. (Choose [Photo Print] here.)
• Once printing begins, the screen below is displayed.
Do not disconnect the devices or close the application while this screen is displayed. Images may not be printed correctly or completely.
Caution
Printing in progress cannot be canceled from SELPHY by using the ⋖
⋗ button. Use the smartphone to stop printing.
• Tap [Cancel] to stop.
5. The standby screen below is displayed when printing is finished.
Caution
The printer does not enable communication between the devices connected to it.
Caution
Subsequent Printing
Once you have completed the connection settings, the second, standby screen is displayed automatically when you turn on the printer. To print, after the standby screen is displayed, simply use the smartphone as described from step 4.
During standby-screen display, you can view the SSID and password by pressing the ⋖OK⋗ button. You can also change the password on the screen displayed by pressing the EDIT button.
Even during standby, you can print images on a memory card by inserting the card to access the image display screen.
*Android™ and Google Play™ are trademarks of Google Inc.
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