Yosemite has killed wireless printing
I updated my wife’s MacBook Air, 13”, Mid 2012 to Yosemite last evening and now it will not print on our local network. I have tried a few things I found here in the forums to no avail.
Neither an HP Officejet Pro 8100 nor a Samsung ML-2010 lazer will work on the network but work fine on my iMac via USB.
Curiously, when I open the Printers & Scanners pref and click on + I get this: HP Officejet Pro 8100 @ Tom Gould’s iMac Intel i5 (2).
Do not recall ever seeing the (2) before. See pics.
When I go to /Library/Printers, there are no files there.
I am stumped. Sounds Like I have to start fresh, but I don’t know what that is.
Can someone help?
I have tried diligently to make the printers work on my wife’s MBA.
I deleted all files and re-installed the latest printer software.
I was finally able to get the printers re-installed, by manually entering the IPA.
However, and this may be a clue, with no printers installed, when I clicked on the + to add one, I selected the HP printer. A small window opened with a thermometer, saying it was installing the printer.
Then it stopped and an Alert appeared:
“The software for the printer is currently unavailable. Please contact the printers’ manufacturer for the latest software.”
Hmmmmmm.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
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OS X: Connecting a Wi-Fi printer to your Wi-Fi network
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3500
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I understand you want to know if you can configure the printer on a hot spot.
Routers are used for networking the printers.
Usually they will never connect and if possible it would be very intermittent.
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Method 2
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Have a great weekend!
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