My iMac does not find my wifi printer or my Chromecast.

My iMac does not find my wifi printer or my Chromecast. I was able to ping the chrome cast and printer and I'm able to connect to these devices with my windows computer, iPhone and iPad. I have OS X 10.9.2. I'm able to print by setting up the printer using the IP address that was assigned by my router instead of letting my iMac do the finding. It seems that the iMac either does not like the info that is receiving or something is blocking the signal (other than the firewall, which is off). Could someone have an idea what the issue might be?

Hi MikeMart0923,
If you are having issues adding or connecting to your WiFi printer from your iMac, you may find the following articles helpful (apologies if you have already seen them):
OS X Mavericks: Set up a printer
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14143
OS X: Connecting a Wi-Fi printer to your Wi-Fi network
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3500
Note: This is assuming you have a simple network configuration, with only a single router/WiFi access point.
Regards,
- Brenden

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