There are a few common causes why after hitting the Print button with your Mac PC, failures and problems come out instead of the printout. Since there's a quite number of print failure for Mac users, one or two troubleshooting techniques might not be enough. Although sometimes, a user can be too lucky to try a single solution and works wonderfully with the machine. But remember that any particular troubleshooting technique may or can be applied to other printer and PC, such that there is no guarantee that it will work the same way.
To help you find the possible right solution to your Mac printing problem, here's a list of easy solutions you can try to fix print failures with your Mac.
- First typical solution is by pressing Command-P. Once press a dialog box will appear, notice if there's an exclamation mark at the left side of the printer's name. If yes, then that means there's a problem with the printer you have selected. It's either you chose the wrong printer or it was set to the model of the last printer you used. Check the name of the printer that appears on the prompt, and select the right unit.
- Also, note that a paused printer will halt from processing prints unless you click the Resume button to keep it going. Always check you Print Queue to avoid such problems. To open the Queue window, go to Apple Menu - System Preferences - Print&Scan - Select your printer model, and then hit Open Print Queue.
- If doing those two methods doesn't fix your problem, then from Mac's end proceed on checking the printer itself. There are basic things many users may sometimes forget, hence it result to frustrating print failures. What are these basics? Is the printer actually ON or OFF, it's so ridiculous to find out that you simply haven't turned the printer ON which causes print failure. See if there are enough paper materials from the feeder, also check inside for any paper jams.
- Another printer end basic troubleshooting, make sure that all the cables and ports you are connected from are all working properly. Reconnecting your printer will sometimes do the trick to fix a print failure. Also, check the consumables inside your printer, are the ink and laser toner cartridges still full enough or are they low on ink/toner. Maybe you just have to replace the cartridges and your printer's good to go again. Although there are certain printer model nowadays that comes with a built-in feature that notifies that user whenever inks and toners are running low so you can have much time to buy a replacement.
- Software updates are really important, it is a best practice to always update your printer's driver and software. There are instances from which a user uninstall and re-install a printer with an updated software and driver, then suddenly it works properly.
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