although the input didn't cure my situation (at least yet), I should have already offered up that I have tried a direct connectino as well. It works fine. So for now I have a work around, and the problem points directly at the Air Print process. I can print 3 different ways to air print, for any one document from my computer. If it comes from Safari (bank transaction or such) it might work one of those ways... might not work any one of them. Very randomly this condition crops up, but it's constantly badgering me at the wrong time. Usually when I'm trying to print something as I am leaving to go to work or other time managed situation. I've done an update on the Printer, but haven;t researched it directly yet. So thanks for the input. I realize there will be issues any time there is a difference in tech. I just had higher hopes from the new Mac MI chips... I had no issue with some apps not working without rosetta... (I could care on most of them, including Google Chrome browser). As I only lost control of one other app... looking for a replacement that does the same shouldn't be an issue, as it's a file manager. Finder is found wanting in many ways... tedious to say the least. I've only been a Mac user for about 6 years or so, and have found many items that are great and a few that suck... just like PC. but I'm paying a premium for hardware now, and if things continue along the simple becoming problematic (as I loved that Mac "Just Works" when I started using it), I will likely start scouring stores for Some new Windows machines... I don't plan on changing, but if the higher prices are not going to give me higher benefts, then I may. Even iPhones have become annoying as ****, with the new Apple music crap they've introduced lately... I can't even load my own music on the **** phone and use it as an iPod anymore... and their curated music is all jacked up and never what I grew up listeniing to and have the CD's that I ripped on MP3 already... don't need a new version everytime a greatest hits or remaster comes out... I like my Old 70's thru 90's tunes the way I originally had them. I miss Steve Jobs... he didn't value money over convenience and sell everyone on things that weren't worth a ****.
