HOW TO: Fix ANY Printer Issue on Your Mac

Is your Mac having trouble connecting to your printer? Is your printer working fine but just isn't appearing on macOS? Can't print a document? In this helpful video tutorial, I walk you through some steps that may resolve the issue you're having.
It's important to note that I cannot guarantee the steps outlined in this How-To video will work, so if you continue to have issues please comment here and I will do my best to help you.
Generally, as long as your software is up to date and your printer is working without issue, there should be no reason why your printer should not pair successfully with your Mac computer or laptop.
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[@lindalorente5967]

I’ve searched high and low to find a solution to my printing issues and FINALLY FOUND IT!!! Thank you so much for your help!! I appreciate you immensely 🤗 💯!!!

[@coubyplayz]

Love you mate and your vids keep it up!

[@Camo1968]

I am having trouble printing pictures. It tells me to insert a disk, it that the disk when I first set up my printer from the start? Please help if you see this.

[@EricaMurica]

I can’t believe this video doesn’t have more views. Literally watched sooo many videos about this issue and this was the only one that was actually helpful keep it up, thanks!!

[@maryanntan2500]

You're a Godsend. 💯The way you present the idea was precise and on point that even a layman could easily follow what you were teaching/explaining. I would have gone to the nearest printer shop if I did not see your video. Thank you so much!

[@natalita222]

You have no idea how helpful this was for me! I’ve literally saved this video for later use cause I always struggle with printing from my laptop 😅

[@mixedandknot5911]

Best fixes ever for my Mac. Thank you very much. This video is worth the SUBSCRIPTION.

[@natalita222]

Finally a video just for me! I struggle SO MUCH to print literally anything from my laptop. Thanks for the video! ☺️

[@aryarajput7390]

That was really helpful 😇 and real nice of you to provide us with all the solutions for the errors that can cause the printer to not print 😇

[@iamthesandra]

Very helpful! Thank you (yes - was desperately seeking troubleshooting) 👍🏾

[@patrislemair1754]

Oh man I want to hug you. Finally it’s printing my document. The very last of your solutions worked. 🙏 thx so much.

[@rimfarra9440]

Thanks for the helpful video! I appreciate your hard work!

[@melholley5212]

This is fantastic. I'm a long-standing Mac user, but even having found the driver, couldn't get it to work, so your fix and instructions were VERY helpful! Many thanks!

[@OhJeezRanders]

Not sure what I did in CUPS that worked, but thank you my printer issue is solved thanks to you! Dropped a like 🔥 hope everyone else watches through and finds a fix.

[@hermansoma]

brilliant advice, thank you for saving my day - I did the delete and add after Big sur update , it worked

[@leahsavagee]

thank you so much for making this video! life saver!

[@ownerbbb426]

Your suggestions worked! I clicked on the + sign and added the printer again. Thank you so much!

[@singultek]

Great video, keep it up mate!

[@JoelSherwood-uf4je]

I used this on my new printer in 2024. I used 2 screens to follow each step. Thank you. This was better to follow than some of the other KZbin sites.

[@lesliemuniz305]

Thank you!!! After two frustrating hours I decided to search on KZbin, saw your video pop up first and you helped me out!! Thank you so much!

[@CreatedTech]

You are welcome!

[@coubyplayz]

Love you mate and your vids keep it up!

[@lostcreekfarm8470]

thank you for explaining why a duplicate printer wasn't printing and to delete all from printer settings. A viewer below also had the same issue.

[@IraqVeteran]

Fantastic video. You have fixed my printing issues. This is a must see video for all Mac users.

[@plants4thewin]

You sir...ARE THE MAN!!! Thank you so much! I thought I was going to have to buy a new printer!

[@pauldunlap4303]

Thank you. I am a PC tech who knows nothing about MacOS & I have a job tomorrow with a printer not connecting to a Mac laptop. It's probably an issue with the printer (it's HP on wifi), but this video gave me ideas of what to look into if it's not the printer... Thanks for the detailed instructions, on exactly what to do!

[@JoelSherwood-uf4je]

Is it working for you now? Hope you got it.

[@ashleyconway8164]

Fixed my long over due issues! Thank you!!!

[@kabuio100]

alright, this video is just gold This should be in everybodies recommended

[@The153Fish]

Thank you so much. This was helpful!

[@afifahyumnadhaniar4547]

Thank you so much!! This helped a lot, my printer works again with the localhost, thank you once again!

[@victorj8888]

Dude ... you save my day.... thanks for sharing these knowledge

[@KathlogVlog]

I’m having a problem with my printer since day one and this video save my frustrations in life. 😅 a very helpful video 💯 subscribed, liked and hit 🔔 for this. Thank you!

[@leandrovina3928]

Thanks so much! This video help me so much to solve a chronic problem that finally I'll pay it forward doing a How to fix video for someone else. Thanks again!

[@tombudetti5502]

You're a genius. Had to go to Terminal to add my printer over bonjour, it wasn't being added when I clicked on it

[@C.v06]

This literally was so helpful especially the "CUPS" part! Definitely recommend using these steps for printer help. My MAC kept saying "Encryption credentials has expired" and kept pausing my printer. THANK YOU.

[@JoelSherwood-uf4je]

yes, great job!

[@GreenmarkBuilders]

thanks for the help. you were able to help this first time macbook user to navigate through my systems. Just what I needed

[@doubleexposurephotographer]

I have been unable to print from my MacStudio for over a year. Neither Apple or Epson could solve the issue. But you did today. I went into CUPS, deleted and then added my printer. Now it works. Thank you very much!

[@davidmendoza7989]

Thank you so much, it really helped me solve my issue!!

[@martinborovsky1746]

Thank you very much you solved my issue !

[@mixmax60]

EXCELLENT! Your video helped us get back ALL of our devices and are up and running! It saved us tons of $$$. Apple and Canon should hire you! Thank you very much!

[@shivagoel6576]

THANKS A LOT !! I couldn't understand for the life of my why my printer won't just churn out the damn page when it was correctly connected to my Mac. Deleting the printer drives solved the issue for me. Thanks Again!! 😘😘

[@mcajun1007]

You’re a genius thank you soo much!!

[@yoosafmuhammed9926]

Fixed very easily great job

[@cmel22]

FINALLY found a video that helped me step by after searching for days! Thank you SO MUCH! Been trying to add a printer that's not showing to a new laptop. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEO!

[@JoelSherwood-uf4je]

Yes, I liked this video better!

[@benknight9524]

Hey manm, thank you very much for the informative video, I am still having some problems with my oki mc853 though, either through the driver or airprint it wont work although i have no problem printing to it on the same network on a windows device. The printer is visible, it just gets stuck on sending the file 2020 M1 macbook air

[@dianamendoza1156]

Thank You! your tutorial helped me a lot , I red the apple instructions but until I watched your tutorial I was able to fix it.

[@shintalan]

Thank You So much ! it worked. if you know I already search this information in internet but never found it. But now I found your video that really help. My head hurted because I cant work freely because I cant print my work. You save my day brooo

[@DanielRamirez-yz8rs]

Thank you so much! Now I can print from my Mac wireless thanks to your helpful video!

[@nadyakaunang]

THANK YOUU THIS IS WORK💯

[@hope3915]

YOU ARE THE BEST, MAN! EVEN A YEAR AFTER STILL WORKING

[@ismailboshafia5623]

very useful information and my issue is resolve after watching this video , thank you very very much

[@CreatedTech]

Glad to hear that!

[@ShammelAndo]

It really help me dude! I have my Class and I cannot Print and I really need it! Thanks a lot!

[@hl4722]

hey just wondering any idea about how to find the "job log" when printing?

[@JessicaSalasS]

Thank you. I had to delete it and add it back on. It worked for me. 🙌🏼❤🥳

[@jhilburnseidman1092]

So helpful!!! Thank you

[@SafouraMorovatifoufoumakeup]

Omg I didn't even finish watching this and the problem was fixed. Thank you for saving the week.

[@nazgulshabdan2169]

Thank you a lot!! This helped!

[@nurinaziz3149]

This is useful, saved to my playlist for future reference tho

[@samkingpro2033]

love you bro works like a charm

[@user-lc6du5eq7s]

fantastic!!!!!thanks a lot!!!

[@andrewleitzer6562]

Shew! It was the cups page that finally got me connected. Weird that it just stopped letting me connect regularly…Thanks a lot!

[@JoelSherwood-uf4je]

Great job Andrew!

[@mohammadnasir9841]

thankyou to find the issue to this printer issue. i am sure this will help many people

[@gregnash3067]

Thank you, thank you. Six months try to get this dam printer to work. Finally!

[@TorranceFantastic]

Thanks!!! This worked!!! One tip for everyone. HP replaced my old printer with the exact same model. So My Mac was seeing the OLD printer. Go to 6:16 in the vid. Hit the minus sign to get rid of all printers. Then hit + sign to select new printer which in my case was the exact same model.

[@misgarhilal]

Thank you, very helpful tutorial, sorted issues of my Mac with HP printer.

[@grahamehopper5184]

I've spent probably 10 hours trying to fix the offline (constantly) - sorted now thanks for the simple fix

[@sefsingular6896]

Helped me a lot, thanks much :)

[@mindyogden2468]

Thank you for your help! I was able to get my printer to recognize my computer so it would print for me. However, I still have an issue. My blue and black ink will not print. I have cleaned the head. I have changed the cartridges. I have tried to just print black. I am not sure what else to do, other than get a new printer. :(

[@EvoluirInfinitamente]

Great job, thank you so much for doing this! Such a simple solution that took me 4 hours to find on the web! God bless you!

[@jimhalosut817]

Good stuff. Thanks brother!

[@missv8217]

Thank you so much!!!!!!!

[@charadeyouare322]

Your solution worked! Thanks!

[@andreapallchizaca2931]

thank you for you video it really helped me

[@san-o-mantshealthcare4629]

Cups one fixed mine .Thanks !

[@deb9468]

Thankyou so much!

[@harmonyp913]

I have a MacBook Pro version 12.5.1 (Monterey). My problem is that it suddenly can't even find my printer, which it was using fine until today. I've tried the things you suggested in this video but it just can't see the printer, before or after I deleted it. This is a very helpful video though, in spite of my issue. Do you have any videos hat address it not finding the printer? Printer says it's online, It prints.

[@Spartan37122140]

Solved my issue in 5 min 👌👍. Thanks a lot.

[@ItsMarieD]

Thank you!

[@evanwilcox82]

Thank you! I was able to fix the issue

[@mrsseasea]

Thank you so very much!

[@jennifercastillo5448]

Thank you so much!! Finally found it issue!!

[@cindyk4739]

Thank you so much.

[@freestyles2801]

thanks. it helped us

[@haileybg2739]

OMG thank you so much! Appreciate you!

[@rubaiatakhand33]

Thank you so much

[@usofine0690]

Thank you 🙏

[@xamanek6562]

Great video my oki printer is working on Big Sur - 2021, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!

[@donnarandazzo5079]

Thank you, fixed my problem!

[@bhoominathan.s5490]

I like this printer content so thank you bro I am watching your videos from when u doing the giveaway so thank you bro

[@chiragdua4116]

it works for me Thank you so much

[@ToniHwangCruz]

Thank you very much!!!

[@renaldia2135]

Your video is very useful

[@ujjalmia1486]

It will be very helpful specially for me and others. ❤👌❤

[@kurtsigouin5199]

Thanks a lot, removed and added printer and got it working again !

[@LondonSkyTV]

Thanks!

[@masternickthedesigner]

I'm impressed MacOS uses CUPS same as Linux, this steps are accurate and you took the right way to fix it, I prefer the terminal way but the whole video is fantastic!

[@Daniel-pi6zk]

Apple owns CUPS. LOL

[@FatPasta]

20 years in the industry and I just learned about the cups thing. Didn't fix my issue though, but thanks

[@JoelSherwood-uf4je]

My 1st attempt didn't work either. I could not either, until I opened up a new window and followed this video slowly in steps, between pauses. I was not able to get the color feature to turn on until it got to the cupsctl WebInterface=yes part. cups stands for Common Units Printing System as this gentleman said it's the back door to manage your printer settings better. Hope it works!

[@SUFYANHAZIM]

Hey, do you happen to have issue after upgrade to Monterey 12.2, whereby printer always on Paused status. My shared printer works wll when i'm on 12.1. appreciate if anyone can share a solution. Cheers.

[@cblombard859]

hey thanks!!! That helped!

[@CreatedTech]

Glad it helped!

[@PrathapDeSilva-jm8gq]

Thanks mate

[@samanthascottduval2162]

oh man, THANK YOU!!

[@erinmariedunn]

thank you so much! save my night

[@Alyssa.Deggan]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!