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Printing went well on Catalina. Now printing stopped and showed message 'Filter failed'. Using printer Lexmark C543 and removed and entered the printer once. Same problem. Printer supply is visible in browser. Seems to be OS problem.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.12
Previously posted:
Just installed Big Sur on my Mac mini 2018.
Tried to print to a Canon Image Class MF 4150 and then to a Brother HL-L2360D printers to no avail.
Had to RESET the Mac printing system to solve a problem.
As directed in Apple Support: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mh14001/mac
If you can’t print to your printer and you’ve tried all other solutions, reset the printing system. This process deletes all printers from your list of printers, deletes information about all completed print jobs, and deletes all printer presets.
Important: First, try other troubleshooting techniques in Solve printing problems on Mac.
OR GOOGLE
"iMore re how to reset printing system Mac" which includes screen shots
Thank you UKMaster, I feel very angry with Apple, they are being totally irresponsible and I am going to try and revert back to Catalina.
Incidentally until two weeks my printers work perfectly on a MacBook Air 2014 until I upgraded to Big Sur !!!
I have the same problem with my Epson SureLab D700, I checked their website and there are no drivers for MAC OS 11.01 (Big Sur) yet. Please let me know if you found a solution to this problem. :(
Sorry Lakla, not as yet and I am still stuggling to revert back to Catalina, it is not as easy as the instructions suggest.
works like a charm - thanks mputaala for this excellent info!
You're all Apple users so why don't you just go out and buy replacement compatible printers? That's the Apple way.
So how did you fix the problem
So how did you fix the problem
Will your next posting appear here? I hope so, as this thread has the most views.
Maybe I was unclear: I referred to my second posting above. In that message, I explained how I found the cause of the problem. Fixing it was easy when I knew what to look for.
So a printer manufacturer writes drivers that work fine with OSX but Apple launches OSv11, offers not backwards support and it's the printer manufacturer that's at fault? Sounds like Apple thinking.
The fix did not work for me on a C544dn Lexmark printer. Still get the filter error.
Windows 10 is so easy.
UKMaster, not helpful. Why are you here?
It's worth reminding Mac users that are sick of Apple's disinterest in supporting 3rd party kit by mentioning that there's an alternative.
Printer problem mac OS Big Sur
