MacBook Air unable to add a wifi printer

We have two MacBook Airs, one was able to add a wifi printer, the other can not. Both are on 10.12 s/w

Printer is on our wifi network, other MacBook Air and an older iMac were able to find and add the printer


The one in question has no printers added right now (due to some printer troubleshooting) , i try to add in Sys Preferences, click on the + sign etc etc... i also tried adding with printer IP address - printer s found that way, but does not print (the other two machines found without using IP address)


Thanks in advance!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 24, 2022 10:23 AM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2022 12:45 PM

Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US


In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.

if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup).

Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.

Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X

  1. To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X, follow these steps:
  2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
  3. Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
  4. Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..."   
  5. As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341

Reboot.

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Jan 24, 2022 12:45 PM in response to budon

Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US


In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.

if you hold option and click the "-" tab it resets the printing system.


http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486


Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup).

Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.

Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X

  1. To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X, follow these steps:
  2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
  3. Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
  4. Control-click on list of printers on the left side of the window, then choose "Reset printing system" from the contextual menu. If you don't see a list of printers, Control-click on the text "Click + to add a printer or fax" and select "Reset printing system..."   
  5. As an alternative, if you currently have one or more printers listed, you can Option-click the "-" (Remove printer) button.


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341

Reboot.

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