Most of the time you won't even have to think about how to connect a wireless printer to your Mac—printing devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your computer are displayed automatically. See what printers are connected to your Mac: In the top left corner of the screen, click on the Apple menu sign; Select System Preferences; Click. Firstly, going to Printers & Scanners in System Preferences highlight the printer that appears and then delete (- sign at bottom), then + to add printer awaiting till it appears. Secondly, go to any doc as if you want to print, (in my case it opens in Preview), and in the window that opens drop down to 'Printer Features' You now have a whole. From the first pull-down menu, choose the printer to use. Your default printer should already be selected. If you have access to more than one printer, use the Printer pull-down menu to select the printer you want to use. You can also select Shared Printers to send your print job to a shared printer on your network. Here's how to open the IJ Printer Utility screen: From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. Select Print & Fax / Print & Scan / Printers & Scanners (the name will depend on which version of macOS ® you use). Select the listing for your printer on the left side of the window, then select Options & Supplies.
Interesting. I made the assumption when reconfiguring the printer that it would be able to choose its own options. Loads of frustrated research online showed this not to be the case. What I had to do, and had omitted to do, was to set the following field:
Why is mac better for graphic design. Yes, I left the others blank so you could see the field I found the answer deep in an HP help forum. The topic was a different printer, and here is what was said:
'If you go to the '+' symbol in the Printer & Scan settings and select the IP menu selection. At that point select the HP jetdirect setting under protocol. Set the address as the ip address shown on the HP printer located in the wifi settings on the LCD panel of the printer. Select Add at the bottom. At this point try to print( note all of this is done WITHOUT the printer connect VIA USB and the printer will appear as the IP address entered)'
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The printer in the thread was a different Photosmart one, but it seemed worth trying it. When I added the printer initially it 'chose' the Line Printer Daemon' entry for that field. Well, that serves me right for making assumptions. Now you don't have to.
Feb 12, 2015 12:35 PM
Hello there, ppx33!
Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you are having issues with your Mac detecting your printer. I know how important it is to be able to print from the computer. Check out these steps here for ways to Resolve printer issues on your Mac:
If your Mac doesn't see your printer or have the software for it
- Make sure that your printer is turned on and ready. For help with an error light or other error condition that appears on the printer itself, check the device's documentation or contact the manufacturer.
- If your printer is connected to the USB port of your Mac, disconnect it.
- Check for software updates to make sure that your Mac has the latest information about your printer.
Your Mac downloads software for most printers automatically, so it's usually unnecessary to install software from the printer manufacturer. - If you disconnected your printer from the USB port in step 2, reconnect it now.
- From the Finder, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.
- Select your printer in the list of devices. You might need to wait a moment for it to appear.
If your printer doesn't appear in Printers & Scanners preferences, click Add (+) at the bottom of the list, then choose the command to add a printer or scanner. The window that opens offers more ways to find your device:
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- Default: Choose Default to display the list of printers connected to your Mac or discoverable on your local network. You can use the search field at the top of the window to narrow your search.
- IP: Choose IP if your device is connected to your network and you know the device's IP address (or host name) and protocol. If you don't have this information, ask your network administrator or check your device's documentation.
- Windows: Choose Windows if your device is connected to a PC using printer sharing, or to your network using the Windows SMB/CIFS protocol. You might first need to set up File Sharing to connect to the networked Windows resources.
If you still can't see your printer or successfully add it, contact the printer manufacturer for support.
Printer Menu Bar
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Sep 14, 2016 10:11 AM
