Unable to print since MacOS 12.2
I am at a loss as to what is happening.
My MacBook air M1 is connected to your bog standard network. There are two USB Connected printers to PC's that I use. I have had no problem printing to either of them for months, until the latest MacOS 12.2 update. Now I am no longer able to print to either of them. Each time, I am able to see the computers on the network, and connect to them (Ping, Samba/Workgroup, etc...), but the printer system Error Log says "unable to connect" with no further information.
The two Printers are older, but the drivers are still supported:
Brother MFC-2680W
Brother HL-L6200DW
(Both printers use USB instead of network due to only being able to support WEP encryption)
I have tried to following:
Restart Mac
Restart relevant PC's
Restart Router
Deleted and Reinstalled Printer
Reset Printing System
Deleted and reinstalled drivers
Reinstalled printers on relevant computers.
Reset Network on Mac
Reset Keychain access for all relevant computers on Mac
After two conversations with Apple support, the suggestion continues to be "reset the mac". Sorry, but such a small problem does not require such a drastic measure, especially since it was working just fine on 12.1. The odd part is during Add a Printer, the computer can see the printers in the Samba share. It can see every computer on the network, and manually connecting to them works just fine. So I am at a loss as to what this problem is. Every other computer on the network can print to each other, and this Mac was able to until the update.
Any help with this is greatly appreciated.