MacBook Pro M1 2020 Printer Problems

Hi,

I found this printer driver @ SourceForge that made my USB only printer come alive!

Search for gutenprint-5.3.3 for Mac - install, make sure all old drivers have been removed and add the printer

with "software" drop down box to select Gutenprint...

Now gutenprint-5.3.3 is for Mojave only at this stage, don't panic - it installed on my M1 (with Rosetta 2 help I assume).

Good luck!! Rob

Update - HP Laserjet Pro P1102w

I was able to get the wifi configured on my printer and with the wifi option I can print from my new M1 Air. Still doesn't work on USB, but as long as I can print I am good.

For those having the same issue, I had to update Firmware on the printer, update the drivers on an older MacBook (the latest drivers would not install on M1 Air). Once I did both I was able to configure the wifi via a USB connection to the old MacBook Pro.

Once the printer was configured for Wifi I was able to connect to it from the Air using the HP Smart app from the AppStore.

Hope this helps anyone. Im happy to not have to go get another printer.

Peace!

E

Sure. If I can help I'm certainly willing to. I can't speak to other printer models, etc. But this was what worked for me. I imagine it won't be too long before HP has updated drivers and utilities for the new Macs. But until then, we find a way :)

E

Ok, I had similar problem with my new M1 air and have a fix!

The fix for me was to go into the library/printer directory, find the print driver for the HP printer (mine was a color laser jet)and do a get info on the file. Then check the box to run under Rosetta.

OK. First I was using AirPrint and NOT USB. In my case pinter actually worked but I could not see the print queue or scanner. Traced the issue to a programming problem on HP part. HP actually had an M1 driver but it obviously did not work. To Fix in my case.

(1) In the finder goto the "go" menu item

(2) Hold down the option key

(3) Select "Library"

(4) Go to the "Printers" folder

(5) Find the driver for the HP printer you are using

(6) Right click (option click) and select "Get Info" from the menu

(7) From the get info dialog check the box "Open using Rosetta"

I have the new apple mini Mac m1 and my Label Printer Pro 7 will not let me type in names on labels, I have tried everything but nothing works. I never had a problem with my old desktop Mac. Any help would be appreciated

Very annoyed.

I had a chat with Apple and the Senior Advisor concluded that I should ask Canon to upgrade the printer drivers. Assuming he correctly isolated the problem, Apple really messed up.

I own one of the most popular all-in-one printers on the market, Imageclass MF247dw. It's only 2.5 years old and worked fine until I upgraded from MacOS 11.1 to MacOS 11.1 on an M1 yesterday.

While Apple provides a library of printer drivers, it appears to disavow responsibility for them. A reasonable person would have read the ads and assumed that Apple had taken steps to ensure that the drivers were backward compatible over this short time period (the same Big Sur OS 11.1, same driver, Rosetta translation, etc.).

But they apparently didn't think it was worth their time to verify that, say, the top 50 home printer models' drivers would survive the migration. They instead blame the problem on the printer makers.

Apple isn't responsible for third party software or hardware, the third parties are.

Ultimately if Canon decides not to support M1 owners, those people will think poorly of Canon, not Apple.

Apple doesn't write or develop printer drivers, they simply pass on what vendors supply them with and are quite clear about that.

If you want to blame Apple, that's fine, but it's simply not their fault.

Not for nothing, but Canon had months to test their products with both Big Sur and M1 Macs prior to release and quite apparently, didn't care to.

It's not Apple's responsibility to make sure 3rd party hardware will be compatible with their new system. They put out a beta version of the system nearly a year before introducing to the public so developers could update their equipment, software and drivers.

All Apple is able to provide are drivers given to them by the manufacturers. So blame the developers for not getting compatible drivers to the pubic in a timely manner.

I disagree.

Apple has long held the philosophy that they simply pass on what vendors give them, and if they don't work, you need to contact the vendor.

Apple neither has the time nor ability to test all third party devices for compatibility - they're not going to buy one of each Canon or HP printer.

It's unclear what, precisely, is to blame for some printers not working with M1 Macs, especially as they use AirPrint which is a standard that shouldn't require drivers - but once again, it depends on how their printer configuration software is written.