Printer problem mac OS Big Sur

I had the same problem with a Lexmark e360dn. It's a basic laser printer with no fancy features so I uninstalled the printer and installed it again using "Generic Postscript Printer" driver instead. It works but depending on your printer you may lose some functionality.

Lexmark has not updated the driver on this one since 2013 but it's unlikely to be replaced until it breaks.

I hope this helps someone else out.

I just upgraded to Big Sur today. Now I can no longer print to my Lexmark CX310dn. I get a filter failed error. Apple - what are you doing to fix this? I can't run my business without a printer!!!

Sorry Richjohn, please pardon my technical ineptitude when it comes to the apple discussion group. Presumably you are asking what my issue was, and what fixed it? The Issue: After installing BigSur my Lexmark CX310 failed to print, generating a filter fail error. The simple fix, suggested by Daniel Marr, was to RESET the Mac printing system, as follows: 1.    On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.

2.    Press and hold the Control key as you click in the list at the left, then choose “Reset printing system” from the menu that appears.

3.    After you reset the printing system, the list of printers in Printers & Scanners preferences is empty.

4.    Re-add any printers.

So that's it. Worked like a charm.

Having downloaded and installed Big Sur on my 2020 iMac, my Lexmark E360dn laser printer also failed to print due to the 'failed filter error'. The advice to delete the printer and reset and then use the generic printer properties for the Lexmark printer has worked for me I'm pleased to say

I did a hard drive erase and clean install of Big Sur, and the printer drivers that installed fine on Catalina didn't work. I found that since I had a Catalina Time Machine backup, I could just copy and paste the contents of my old "Printers" folder in the "Library" folder to the same folder in Big Sur, and the printer drivers I previously installed worked perfectly.

Printing to my Lexmark C544dn laser printer failed with a 'Filter failed' message. Deleting the printer and putting it in as new, and also resetting the printer system and adding it back also failed. This is a show stopper for me, so I will remain on Mojave unless it is fixed. Not buying another laser printer.

The workaround of adding a generic postscript printer may work for some people, but I am not buying it. Doing that means I lose black and white printing and 2 sided printing. Not an option.

My Lexmark color laser printer CX317dn wil not print following Big Sur update. Lexmark does not have an update available for Big Sur

I received the same message as did Nathan Goldshlag. Lexmark "expert" told me it was an Apple problem.

Delete the printer when you click the + sign to add a new printer choose the IP sign and enter the IP address for the printer then choose airprint in protocol and add and you should be able to print again. Those are the steps I took. Make sure you have an IP address for your printer before deleting it.

OK I downloaded the Lexmark 3.2 drivers from 2017 from Apple. Used Pacifist to put the folders Lexmark and PPDs into the Big Sur/Library/Printers folder, replacing what is there. I still get the filter error when I try to print. Waiting to see if the next update fixes all these printing problems, otherwise it is stay on Mojave for me.

And I did all these things: delete the printer, reset the printer system, try both the bonjour printer it found (my printer) and printing to its fixed IP address and selecting the correct Lexmark printer. And of course rebooting. Got the filter error in all of them. At this point I give up.

Having upgraded yesterday from Catalina to Big Sur I can no longer use Quark 2020 or Oki C531.

What on earth was the reason for sending updates that mess up the system?????

Tried deleting the printer and re uploading, that didn't work.

Please help

Although Apple says the problem is solved by one post, putting the printer as a generic Postscript printer is **not** a solution. You lose all the printer features like black and white, two sided, etc.

It is inexcusable for Apple to put out an "update" that breaks basic functionality like printing for so many people. Do they even test this stuff?

Quark have informed me that they will not have a compatable version of Quark 2020 until sometime in December. That's not good enough, especially since I have been hounded by them to upgrade to 2020 for weeks! I also agree that one should check first before upgrading, but when one gets a reminder everytime the machine is switched, the temptation is to doit just to stop the messages coming up!

Quark just crashes when opening and the Oki printer gives a meassage: filter failed, I have tried deleting printer and adding it agan, but no joy.

I have been able to get my Lexmark CS410dn to print two sided using the Generic Postscript printer. Note the default setting is for single sided only.

Agree we should not be put in the position of downgrading our computer software to allow us to use our works printer!

Slightly different solution to printer problem mac OS Big Sur, where I suddenly couldn't print to my 1-year old HP M29 MFP monochrome laser. I suspected the Mac update because my phone and other non-upgraded devices could still print fine.

Deleting and re-adding the printer didn't work. I had to reset the printing system (control click the printer list) and then re-install my printer using Secure Air Print (which was an auto selected option, but didn't appear before I reset the system).

That did it. But boy, would it've been nice not to waste an hour dealing with it. :(