MacBook Pro M1 2020 Printer Problems

For the HP printer try installing the drivers posted by Apple last Friday: HP Printer Drivers v5.1 for macOS Dec 11, 2020

For the Epson printer see if the Epson site has a driver for Big Sur for download.

bacteria wrote:

Will Apple produce a driver on their AirPrint system again time will tell. I have two enquiries registered with Apple Support.

Apple does not produce printer drivers, they pass through drivers supplied by printer manufacturers. AirPrint is a standard protocol that printer manufacturers can develop to and doesn't require drivers to operate; printing via USB can be different.

Unfortunately if Canon decided not to support their printers on newer Apple hardware or on a new version of macOS, there is nothing Apple can do about that and it's a shame Canon decided to abandon their customers.

Please keep that in mind when selecting a printer in the future.

In the meantime, please let Apple support know of this issue directly.

For USB to fail in this manner when printing to multiple brands of printers, it sounds either like a bug in Rosetta 2 when handling Intel printer drivers that use USB or a general issue in the M1 USB code, and the more reports they receive the more likely it is that engineering will look into the issue.

Contact - Official Apple Support

Hello Irene in Tucson,

If you still want to use the old HP LaserJet 1012 (I noticed that you had bought a Brother HL-L350DW), you may want to have a look at this discussion:

hp LaserJet 1012 and Big Sur - Apple Community

chuckramsey40 wrote:

I have the new apple mini Mac m1 and my Label Printer Pro 7 will not let me type in names on labels.

Label Printer Pro 7 is third-party software.

I suggest you contact its developer and ask them about Big Sur compatibility:

https://www.payplaysoftware.com/support.html

Note they have not made a compatibility release since releasing version 7.37 for macOS Mojave compatibility in November, 2018:

Mac App Store: Label Printer Pro 7

Hi,

As you probably have discovered, the Samsung Xpress SL-M2020 Laser Printer series does not appear to have drivers for anything higher than macOS Catalina 10.15 (https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/Samsung-Xpress-SL-M2020-Laser-Printer-series/16462592).

An SL-M2020W is also mentioned in the article https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06520117. If absolutely necessary, and since a driver compatible with macOS Catalina 10.15 would be 64-bit, a pure experiment could possibly be to reset the printing system (Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support) and check whether a fresh Samsung universal printer driver V3.92.00 for macOS Catalina 10.15 (https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/SS/Print_Common_SW/Samsung_Mac_10.15_Driver_V3.92.00.dmg) can be used. However, anything like that would be a test only, and I cannot recommend it. Do not expect it to work with Big Sur. It may not even install. If you try it anyway, you must know exactly what you are doing. Otherwise, it is probably better to wait for Big Sur drivers (if any) from HP for this printer.

I do not know to what extent the procedure in the link provided by swiss-mike above would be applicable in connection with a printer driver installation like this.

Hello,

A Canon MF247dw is mentioned in About AirPrint - Apple Support as a printer supporting the driverless AirPrint technology.

AirPrint means that it can be used without a separate driver. Drivers/software from the printer manufacturer may or may not add functionality.

How is the printer connected (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or USB)?

Has the printer been added as an AirPrint printer, or are you using drivers from Canon? If the latter, please note that there are relatively new downloads.

https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/black-and-white-laser/imageclass-mf247dw/imageclass-mf247dw

Also, check that you have the latest firmware.

If necessary, try to reset the printing system and re-add the printer.

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support

Add a printer on Mac - Apple Support

Faced similar problem in HP laser jet M1005 MFP with new MacBook Pro 2020 (m1), But here is solution:-

Download 5.1 drivers for HP printer

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?locale=en_IN

From this site you can download all the drivers and redo all the steps to add new printer

Faced similar problem in HP laser jet M1005 MFP with new MacBook Pro 2020 (m1), But here is solution:-

Download 5.1 drivers for HP printer

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?locale=en_IN

From this site you can download all the drivers and redo all the steps to add new printer

Hello,

The Brother MFC-J4510DW and HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M479fdw models are both mentioned in the article About AirPrint - Apple Support as printers supporting the driverless AirPrint technology. This means that these models should be compatible with macOS without the need for special drivers (when a network connection is used). Software from the printer manufacturers may or may not add functionality.

Add a printer on Mac - Apple Support

Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem - Apple Support

Hi, I have a Macbook Pro M1 with an HP Ink Tank 310 (USB printer). I solved this problem by these steps:

1. System Preference
2. Printers and Scanners
3. Add printer (connected by USB) (the + sign)
4. Choose the printer

-Choose your printer

-Click Use

-Choose Select Software (I think this is the most important part of choosing the Kind of printer. I chose the Generic PCL Printer before and it did not work.)

-I didn't found my printer type but I choose something similar and it worked. I didn't even install any HP drivers.

Hope this helps

Same issue with may old HP 1012 laser printer. The computer will see it but says unrecoverable USB error missing uSB class driver and dies not print. Apple Support said they could not help beyond everything I had already tried.

I bought a new HP printer and returned it hours later. It didn't work either.

Same issue here. I'll just add that my wife has the most recent Intel version MacBook Pro and her's print fine while mine (M1 Air) does not.

Printer: HP Laserjet P1102w. Unfortunately Ive never gotten that printer to play nice on wifi, so I have to use the USB. Not a real big deal since my wife's Pro can print. But still kinda sucks.

Hi Everyone,

My Mac mini M1 connected to a USB Canon IP4950 printer does not load the driver also!

BUT I found a temporary solution - in my case a QNAP NAS! Connect the USB printer to the NAS,

allow USB printing in Control Panel (of the NAS) and it loads the relevant driver.

Back to the Mac, print and select what is the IP4950 printer with (AirPrint) beside the name.

I realise not everyone has a NAS but in case you do, this worked for me beautifully!

Cheers,

Roberto

The HP I first bought to replace the old HP which wouldn't to work with theM-1 would only work USB, not air print as it was advertised. So I returned it and bought a Brother HL-L350DW which does work AirPrint so my devices can use it also.