- #HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI FOR MAC#
- #HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI INSTALL#
- #HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI FULL#
- #HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI SOFTWARE#
Fortunately I don’t often need to use a printerĪnd my neighbour has kindly printed a few pages for me from time to time. This printer doesn’t work and hasn’t worked ever since I got it last June. Yes, that’s what I did with the help of tech support, following their instructions to the letter. You’ll do that from the panel on the printer”. “Be sure you’re telling it that you are using USB and not WiFi or wired LAN. Canon helped me set it up for a usb connection. “Your printer can connect directly to your Mac via USB as you’re looking to do”: theoretically, yes. And I’ve been through the disconnect-reconnect routine several times with them. But the cable I do have has worked about 6 or 7 times, when tech support have guided me on the phone, although this hasn’t worked recently. “I’d try another cable”: I don’t have one. Yes, I’ve tried that several times with Canon tech support.It doesn’t work: System Preferences just says “no printer is available”. You say “If it were me: I’d disconnect the USB cable from both ends and then reconnect it”. Control-click in the list of printers (outlined in red below).Go to the Print & Scan preference pane ( Apple menu/System Preferences).
#HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI SOFTWARE#
The thing to do next is to “reset the printing system.” That gives you a fresh start, and in my experience, resetting the printing system ALWAYS solves the problem, allowing the printer software to be downloaded successfully from Apple. Never, that is, unless you know what to do next. Usually the failure happens when getting the software from Apple: everything seems to be proceeding apace when all of a sudden, during the download, a message pops up saying something about the software not being available, and to “Please try again later.” Try later all you want, but once you see that message it is NEVER going to work.
#HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI FOR MAC#
Apple long ago tired of waiting for printer manufacturers to provide software compatible with each new version of OS X, so they started doing it themselves, and on the whole this has been a good thing for Mac users. Rather, the instructions say, get the software from Apple, and indeed that is excellent advice.
#HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI INSTALL#
I am suspecting 10.14.5 update is blocking those drivers and if so Epson would be the ones most well aware of this if it's affecting all their customers and they may have a solution.Many printers from Epson, Canon and Hewlett-Packard come with instructions to NOT install the software that comes with them on CDs. But it would most likely be to disable System Integrity Protection and try setting up the printer that way: I am suspecting 10.14.5 update is blocking those drivers and if so Epson would be the ones most well aware of this if it's affecting all their customers and they may have a solution. Note: I did check out the open source Gutenprint drivers ( ) but it appears neither of those printer models (or printer families) are supported. If that still doesn't work and removing and re-adding the printer driver.
#HOW TO SET UP PRINTER MAC MINI FULL#
If they are not listed there you can try adding them under the Full Disk Access. You may need to authorize the Epson installer and/or app software under System Preference > Privacy & Security > Privacy tab. Reset the Mac printing system by right-clicking / control-clicking in the empty space in the Printers & Scanners list of devices located in the Printers & Scanners icon in System Preferences. Using a USB connection here is what you can try for your Epson ET-2710 and Epson 元150 printers: Was it working immediately prior to 10.14.5 on your Mac and then stopped working after the update? Or is this the first time you've tried to get it working?