You might experience issues such as these when you try to print from your Mac or print from your iOS device:
Jan 28, 2020 To check App update – Go to App Store – tap on Profile Scroll down – and navigate printer App that you’re using still. For Mac Users. If on your MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac or any Apple Mac computer got a message No AirPrint Printers Found or Unable to Print. First of all, you should verify your macOS update and printing App update. Jun 07, 2019 IIAdd a Wireless Printer on Mac with Printer’s IP Address Add Network Printer When you add a wireless printer on Mac, it should show up in the printers & scanners search list. If it does not appear in the list, you cannot add it directly. In such circumstances, you should add the network printer to your Mac by using printer’s IP Address.
- You can't see your printer from your device, or you get a message that no printers were found.
- You get a message that software for your device isn't available.
- You have some other printing issue related to the software on your Mac or iOS device.
For help with an error light or other error condition on the printer itself, check the printer's documentation or contact its manufacturer.
If your printer is AirPrint-enabled
If your printer is AirPrint-enabled for printing from your Mac or iOS device, just make sure that it's connected to the same Wi-Fi network used by the Mac or iOS device.1
If you still can't print, try any of these solutions:
- Restart your Wi-Fi router. Then restart your printer.
- Move your printer closer to your Wi-Fi router.
- Update your printer and Wi-Fi router with the latest firmware from the manufacturer.2
- Update the software for your Mac or iOS device.
If you're using a Mac and you still can't print, it might help to reset the printing system. Otherwise, contact the printer manufacturer for support.
If your printer isn't AirPrint-enabled
If you're printing from your Mac to a printer that isn't AirPrint-enabled:
- If your printer is connected to your Mac with a cable, disconnect the cable from your Mac.
- Turn off your printer.
- Get software updates for your Mac. Your Mac automatically downloads the latest software for most printers as part of these updates, so it's best not to install software from the printer manufacturer.
- Reconnect your printer to your Mac, if applicable.
- Turn on your printer and wait for it to finish starting up.
- Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.
- Select your printer in the list of devices.
If your printer doesn't appear in the list of devices in Printers & Scanners preferences, click 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 and add a printer, such as by IP address:
If you still can't print, and your printer is connected via Wi-Fi:
- Restart your Wi-Fi router. Then restart your printer.
- Move your printer closer to your Wi-Fi router.
- Update your printer and Wi-Fi router with the latest firmware from the manufacturer.2
Reset the printing system
If the issue continues, reset the printing system on your Mac. This removes all printers and scanners—including their print jobs and settings—from Printers & Scanners preferences.
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.
- While holding down the Control key on your keyboard, click anywhere in the list of devices.
- Choose “Reset printing system” from the menu that appears:
Remove printer drivers
If the issue continues on your Mac after resetting the printing system, take these final steps to remove any currently installed printer drivers. These steps don't apply to AirPrint printers.
- From the menu bar in the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder. Type
/Library/Printers/
and click Go. - The Printers folder opens. Choose Edit > Select All, which selects all items in the Printers folder.
- Choose File > New Folder with Selection, which puts all of the selected items into a new folder named New Folder With Items. To save storage space, you can delete this folder.
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If the issue continues, contact the printer manufacturer for support.
1. In corporate environments, DNS records can be configured to allow AirPrint-enabled printers to appear across other networks instead of just the network used by the device you're printing from. You can also use configuration profiles in iOS to set up AirPrint printers.
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2. Firmware updates—such as for AirPort base stations—update the software on the printer or router, not the software on your Mac or iOS device. If the latest firmware from the manufacturer is several years old, the manufacturer might have stopped supporting or updating your device. If so, you might need a more up-to-date printer or router.
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We've all run into a printing problem at one time or another. Sometimes a document gets stuck in the queue and won't print, or your Mac can't find your printer on your network.
Usually one of these steps will get things running smoothly again:
- Make sure the printer is properly connected either directly to the Mac or to the same network the Mac is using
- Update the printer driver software
- Delete and re-add the printer using the Printers & Scanners preference pane
- Restart the wifi router and/or printer
But occasionally, these simple fixes are not enough. That's when you have to bring out the heavy-duty tools.
There's a hidden command in macOS that will reset the Mac's printing system. Using it will clear out your list of devices that can print, scan, or fax from the Printers & Scanners preference pane and also do a bunch of behind-the-scenes housekeeping, the details of which you don't really need to worry about.
Because it should be used as a last resort, you won't find the command to reset the printing system in any of the Mac's standard menus, which makes it harder to invoke accidentally. But it's simple to do if you know how.
How to reset the printing system on your Mac
- Click on the Apple menu icon.
- Click on System Preferences.
- Click Printers & Scanners.
- Right or control-click in the list of devices on the left side of the window.
- Click on Reset printing system....
- Click Reset when prompted to confirm that you want to reset your entire printing system.
- Enter the password for your administrative account if prompted.
- Click OK.When the reset process is complete, the list of printers and scanners will be empty. You'll then want to re-add your printer.
- Click the add button (it looks like a plus symbol).
- If the list of options appears, click on your printer to automatically add it to your system.
- If a window pops up instead, select your printer from the list of available options.
- Click on Add.
The Mac will create your printer and add it to your list.
And now you have a fresh new printer, ready to expend countless dollars of ink on your behalf.
Any questions?
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Do you have any printing problems that none of these steps can solve? Let us know in the comments and we'll try to help you out.
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