HP USB Printers unable to print documents due to a communication failure.

Hello,

I did a printing system reset and re-added the device. Nothing happened.

The communication failure error occurs if you cancel a printing job while the computer is waiting the printer to become available. Very frustrating.

Then I decided to do a CUPS cleanup and plug the printer into an USB hub to see if the device responds; none of these methods worked. The computer is still unable to connect with the printer. Only the scan function is working.

I suspect it's a driver issue as I've checked the cables before printing anything. I never encountered this error with older macOSes.

The printer works fine without issues after discovering the culprit: a kernel panic caused by a third party application (Fuse for macOS) resulting to USB ports stop working. An improper driver install is also a major factor for the printer to fail communicating with the computer.

Thanks to Apple's troubleshooting guide I've finally found one of the possible causes for which the computer fails to communicate with an USB printing device.

The issue doesn't occur if the printer is powered on for the first time. Only when the device is turned off the OS is unable to recognize it even if it's turned back on.

I suspect there's a bug on the printer spooler preventing the computer to communicate with the device during power up. This problem wasn't observed on previous macOSes.

Until the issue is fixed the printer must be online and turned on. Downgrading to an earlier version of the OS is also under consideration.

CUPS cleanup = deleting CUPS jobs.

I used Onyx to remove the CUPS jobs which supposedly are the culprit.