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My mac has stopped connecting to the wireless printer. However both the mac and the printer indicate that they are connected. What can I do to correct this issue?

my mac has stopped connecting to the wireless printer. However both the mac and the printer indicate that they are connected. What can I do to correct this issue?

Maybe this???
Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8 instructions...
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), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions.
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 10.5.x+++
    1.    To use the Reset Printing System feature in Mac OS X 10.5.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..."       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.

How to connect to my wireless printer to a PC workgroup?

It wont let me connect to the workgroup

Im trying to connect to my wireless printer from my MacBook pro, that is connected to my home P.C. **

My MacBook will no longer connect to my wireless printer.

My MacBook (circa 2010 - it's not a MacBook Pro) stopped connecting wirelessly to my HP printer (3050 J610). I get a message, "Printer is offline." The printer is on and I have no trouble printing from my iMac. I appreciate any advice/insights. Thank you.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We're all users here.
There is a 'Reset Printing System' command:
, System Preferences, Hardware, Print & Fax, right-click (Command-click) on the printer in question in the left column, as illustrated below, and select Reset Printing System.
WARNING NOTE: This WILL delete all printers AND print cues AND saved settings, if you have saved your own 'custom settings' for the printer, and named them, such as 'Staples Glossy Photo-rear feed', those WILL disappear.
Then you then will need to reinstall all printers, and re-create any custom settings, so if you have a lot of custom settings saved, make screen captures (+shift+3) for the things you customized BEFORE you reset.
Yes, this is drastic, but if nothing else works, AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT CAUSED BY A PRINTER MALFUNCTION, this has always worked for me to cure my wireless print problems such as you describe.
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Connecting to a wireless print server, please help!!!

i have a canon mp500 connected to a network through a wireless printserver and wireless router. the printer works when directly connected to my macbook, but not when connected to the print server. i contacted linksys and they sent a docment on how to set the printer up using it's ip address. still didn't work (the instructions were for 10.1 and 10.2). i have downloaded and installed the current mac os x drivers from the canon website with no luck. please help

I'm no expert, but I was able setup HP printer connected wirelessly to AEBS by using Apple's Printer Setup Utility and Bonjour. I was, however, able to install the HP drivers using the software that came with the printer, but it sounds like you could not do so with Canon?
Anyway, here are Apple's help files for adding an IP printer:
"Connecting to an IP printer
An IP printer is a network printer that uses TCP/IP protocols (such as LPD/LPR, IPP, or Socket or Jet Direct) to communicate with your computer. If the IP printer you want to use is not listed when you print, you can add it to your list of available printers.
To add an IP printer, you need to know its IP address or DNS name. See your network administrator for assistance.
Open the document to print, and choose File > Print.
Choose Add Printer from the Printer pop-up menu, and click IP Printer in the dialog that appears.
Choose the appropriate printing protocol from the Protocol pop-up menu.
Type the IP address or DNS name for the printer in the Address field.
If your printer requires it, type the queue name for your printer in the Queue Name field. If you don't know the queue name, see your network administrator for assistance.
Enter a name and location for the printer, so you can identify it in the Printer pop-up menu.
If the Print Using pop-up menu does not display the name of your printer's model, choose the item appropriate for your printer from the Print Using pop-up menu, and then select your printer in the Model Name list.
Click Add.
Usually, your computer can detect whether a printer has special accessories installed, such as additional paper trays, extra memory, or a duplex unit. If it can't, a dialog appears that lets you specify them. Make sure the settings in that dialog accurately reflect your printer's installed accessories so you can take full advantage of them."

How do you connect IPad to wireless printer?

I have a Kodak all in one office hero 6.1 wireless printer. How do I connect my Apple IPad to it so that I can print from IPad?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356

Photosmart 5520 connected but no wireless printing nor wireless direct / Mac OSX 10.6.8

Hi, I've got the Photosmart 5520 installed a few weeks ago and after the set up wireless printing was working fine for a day, but never since. My computer runs on OSX10.6.8 and the modem is a MOBILE Wifi E589. The printer is connected to the network, network test results came up fine, i can choose the printer wirelessly in the printmenu but then get the message: Unable to connect to printer / Network host busy alternating. The network test result comes up fine, no issues. Ive unplugged the whole lot and restarted it (modem/compuet/printer) without success. Wiresless direct doesn't seem to work either. What's next??
Thanks heaps in advance!!!

Hi @Kimaschi,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I noticed that you cannot print with your HP Photosmart using a wireless connection, or wireless direct on your Mac OS X 10.6.8 computer. I am happy to help!
I would recommend to go through the following guides:
'Printer is offline' Message Displays on the Computer and the Printer Does Not Print: Mac OS X.
Printer Does Not Maintain Wireless Connection.
Also I believe this website, Wireless printing center, has a lot of useful information as well.
A couple of questions, if you don't mind:
Do you see any error messages on the printer's control panel?
Can the printer make copies? Copy Text or Mixed Documents.
Have you tried printing using a USB connection? If so, does it print?
Hope the guides help, and hope to hear back from you soon!
RnRMusicMan
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Connecting Laptop for Wireless Printing

How do I find the name or url of my hp color laserjet cp2025 printer on my wireless home network? I want to connect my Sony Vaio running Windows XP for wireless printing, but I can't identify the printer correctly to the laptop.

It appears this is a commercial grade printer. It would be best to post in the commercial forums.
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Connect laptop with wireless printer

connect laptop with wireless printer

Umm, that's a little less information than we would like to be able to help you. Could you provide your MacBook model, printer, OS X version maybe?

Reset printing system, now I can't connect to the wireless printer

I have an HP wireless printer that worked perfectly on the wireless network from this computer half an hour ago. the second print job could not connect to the printer, so I reset the printing system (stupidly). Now when I go to "add a printer" in the print and scan menu, nothing pops up. My computer and printer are both connected to the same wireless network.

The protocol that advertises the printer on the network is called Bonjour. There are currently users who have upgraded to Yosemite that can no longer see the printer, but I've not read about Mavericks users having the same issue.
One test is to enable the Bonjour browser in Safari. This will then let you test if the Mac can see the HP. To do so, open Safari > Preferences and select the Advanced tab. You will see an entry called Bonjour. Select to show Bonjour in your Bookmarks menu. Then close the Preferences pane and select the Bonjour entry in the Bookmarks menu. Do you see the HP? If no, then using the control panel on the HP, print a network configuration list to determine what IP address the printer is using. Once you have this address, enter this as the URL in Safari. This should result in you connecting to the internal web page of the HP. Does this work?

Can't connect my Canon Wireless Printer to my iMac

I am new to imac and I am having trouble trying to setup my wireless Canon Pixma MG8150. Its not being recgonised by my imc even though I have the wifi connected to the printer. Can anyone help? Do I need the Airport Express Base Station for this?

I have Canon Pixma MP560 wireless printer and scanner. Have you installed the Canon software and drivers on your iMac? You can go to Canon website and find the software based on your printer model. Maybe this is what you need: http://www.canon.co.uk/Support/Consumer_Products/Products_OLD/MG8140MG8150.aspx? type=download&page=1
You can filter by software and by your operating system. I typically install all of them except the My Image Garden because as far as I know it's for organizing photos.
After installing, the Wireless Setup Assistant can be used to help you connect to your printer. Or you can also add/remove printers and scanners in your System Preferences.
The printer and your iMac need to be connected to the same router so they are on the same LAN.

Trouble connecting to a wireless printer

I have a Time Capsule and I just turned on the Guest Account. In order for me to do this I changed the DHCP setting under the Internet tab to change the DHCP Beginning Address to 10.x.x.x. For those using either the 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless network they have no problems using the HP Officejet Pro 8500 wireless printer since it connects to the either of two available wireless networks.
Further away I have two Mac laptops who cannot access the two wireless networks due to signal strength. I hooked up a AE using an existing ethernet connection. I created a new wireless network and the addresses are in the same range - 10.x.x.x when connected wirelessly but I cannot "see" the HP wireless printer.
Is it possible for the two users connecting to the AE to every "see" the HP wireless printer?
Thank you for looking.

If your printer is already connected to your printer (wifi light = green), click on the link to Manually Add a USB Print Queue, Network Print Queue and Fax Queue on Mac OS X Systems
If the wifi light is orange, just follow the steps when you launch the wireless setup assistant.

Connecting with a Wireless Printer on Home Hub 3.

How do I get a XP Notebook to connect with the HP Photosmart 6510 connected wirelessly to my BT Home Hub 3.
My Network Places shows BT Home Hub 3.
Double click on HH3 and scrolling down to My Home Network.
You can see HPFE0AAB under wireless network, which is the HP Photosmart 6510.
According to the Photosmart it’s url is 192.168.7.71 and it is correctly connected to the hub.
The XP Notebook does have the relevant basic printing drivers installed for the Photosmart.
Perhaps I should add that I gave up trying to connect the Windows 8 Desktop to the printer wirelessly and used a USB instead. I’m not sure if the problem is with the set up of the Notebook or the Hub. I have tried turning off firewalls which so far seems to make no difference. I am running MSE on the Notebook and Defender on the Desk Top.
I've tried so many approaches I'mgoing round in circles.
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Here are the GENERAL steps on how to add a wireless printer on your wireless network.
As you have said that it is already connected and visible to the network it is a case of checking the settings below then if ok go to “adding printer to your networked computer” section
The wireless printer must have a static (i.e., manual) IP address assigned to it from your network IP address range. It cannot be DHCP enabled, otherwise every time DHCP assigns a new address, your printer port will stop working.
How to set a manual IP address on your printer:
When the printer is connected to the network the first time, the router will assign an IP address to it. To get the IP address that the printer was assigned, find the printer on your network and right click on it. It will bring up a properties box. The IP address for the printer will be found somewhere in there.
Using an Internet browser, type the IP address of the printer into the address line of the browser and press enter. It should bring up a printer configuration window.
Now, since each printer is different, I can't give you the exact steps, HOWEVER, here's what you are looking for:
Find a Network - TCP/IP configuration menu. Somewhere in that menu, it will give you the choice of setting a manual or static IP address versus a DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) assigned address.
You want to manually set the IP address to the address given on the configuration page. This would normally be 192.168.1.xx. The subnet mask will normally be 255.255.255.0 and the gateway will normally be the IP of the router, usually 192.168.1.254
Once the IP address is assigned permanently to the printer as a static address, you are now ready to add the printer to each computer on your network.
Add the Printer to Your Networked Computers
In Windows XP, follow these steps to add the wireless printer to your computer:
Go to Start, Printers and Faxes.
Double click on Add Printer
Click Next.
On the Local or Network Printer dialog box, choose Local Printer and UNCHECK the box that says "Automatically detect" the printer. Click Next.
On the Select a Printer Port window, choose to Create a New Port, and then under Type of Port, choose Standard TCP/IP port. Click Next.
Make sure the printer is On and Ready, and connected to the network. Click Next.
Type in the static IP address of the printer that you set in the steps above. Click Next.
It will then try to connect to that IP address. It you typed it wrong, or the printer is off, it will come back and give you an error.
If all is well, it should then ask you for the printer driver. Either set it to find the driver that you have previously installed or insert the CD for the printer, and find the Windows XP version of the driver.
Then choose the driver you want to install.
Click Next. It will install the driver and ask you to name the printer.
When it is done, click Finish. (You can choose to print a test page if you want).
Hope this helps.

Connection problems with wireless printer

Unable to connect my hp officejet wireless printer to my computer now.

What is your Cisco / Linksys home device? What steps have you undertaken to troubleshoot the issue? What errors have you encountered?
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Cant get ipad to connect to kodak wireless printer

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Diane-
I don't think any of Kodak's printers support AirPrint. Search the Kodak website to see if they have an iPad App that will enable printing to their printers.
Also look for info on Print n Share and Printopia, and search the web for AirPrint Activator. One of these alternatives may work for you.
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