Fixing the Mac AirPrint driver problem for Canon and Epson printers 

I'm surprised it took me so much research online to finally dig into youtube. I've spent 4 hours or more already. Thank you for this! Solved my problem!!

Thank you Keith. I tried it many times and than went to windows for printing. And now - it's all fine 😃.You're the pope of the printers - for sure!

After roaming the internet for a long time to solve this problem finally found your video. Didn't work by choosing 'bonjour' but after some experimenting it worked with choosing the (IP) option. Thank your this video!!!

THANK YOU! Lost hope and thought I needed to buy a specific airprint printer. Now it works perfectly... Thank you so much good Sir...

thank you so much Keith, been going nuts trying to figure out how to get rid of airprint on my 2760 and 8550. all gone in 5 minutes after watching your video !!!

You're video saved my sanity with a my Canon TA20 and Mac OS Sonoma! Thank you so much. I couldn't get Free Layout working until I followed your steps

Thank you!! My Epson colors were incredibly dull and this helped so much.

Thank you Keith, I was struggling with the color management last night and couldn`t figure why the color shift on my P908 printing with ilford photo paper, this might be the case and solution for my problem!

I’m running 14, and it looked exactly like your osx10 version. I had AirPrint accidentally installed and Epson Layout couldn’t find the printer. Did this and it fixed it on both my p900 and et8550! red river paper looks sooooo good using RR ICC profiles!

Thanks again Keith. This has helped me a lot!👍

This helped a lot. However, when I reinstalled it without AirPrint, it now won’t print double sided. It’s not an option anymore. Any ideas? I have the ET 2850 with an older Mac, running on 14 I think.

You make my day ! Thanks a lot. Epson Print Layout only sees printers that are not "Airprint", and additionally I got back in the printer options the utilities panel. By the way, Epson Print Layout gives me far better results using the EPL plugin for Lightroom (Export > EPL) than directly printing from Lightroom, at least for Permajet paper. Do you have any idea why ? Kudo.

Thanks fort this info, I seem to have a different issue. I have three mack book pro all 2013, two are running 10.xx OS and one, a late 2013, is now running on 11.xx BigSur and since tu update is refusing to print or scan via Wifi however it does via Ethernet cable. I'm pretty sure that it was ok before the new MacOs was installed and I never had any issues with the other two in all those years with my two Epson 412 and 432 series.I have tried avoiding AirPrint and using one of the other two available from Epsom (9pin and 24pin) but no joy on wifi so I have to move the Mac to my other desk where the thunderbolt ethernet cable is every time I need to print. 🤔

Thank you Keith! You say to read the installation info very carefully but where can i find this please?

Keith, With a lot of help from Cannon on the phone, I finally got my Pro 200 set up on my Mac, with the non Airprint driver. I’m not very computer literate, so forgive me. My question is, where do I find this so called Color Management you refer to thats been the issue with Airprint? Also how does it work? Do you have any videos are articles on how to use or adjust it? Thanks again, Dave

wonderful presentation.

I'm encountering a similar issue, albeit on a Windows PC using the same printer model. The Epson Print Layout software fails to recognise the printer, whether connected via Wi-Fi or USB. Curiously, every other application recognises the printer without issue, making this particularly vexing. Despite repeatedly uninstalling and reinstalling both the printer drivers and the Epson Print Layout software-ensuring to install the driver prior to the Epson Print Layout-my efforts have been to no avail. I've exhaustively searched for a solution online, yet none of the proposed fixes seem to rectify the problem. Would anyone have any recommendations?

I had a mare of a time with this when I installed a Canon pro 300. The drivers wouldn't install after multiple attempts and many calls to Canon couldn't solve the issue. Eventually it was discovered my mac OS version was corrupt and had to remove and install a new version. The printer driver installed first time. Thought I'd mention this as other people may have the same problem. Excellent article as always though sir.

Interesting. ON my computers using AIRPRINT is very reliable. On my wife's computer, her later OS X (12.51) has no AirPrint option when setting up, so we select "use Epson ET2800" and it jams the printer feeder every time. Was going to try to set hers up with AirPrint instead but I guess not?!

My Canon Pro9000mk2 stopped working after my last update to my Macbook Pro 14.1.1 Is there a way to use a old OS to keep my trusted 9000 printing. I’m not using the air print option

I just bought Pixma G3470 few weeks ago and now I'm stuck. On MacOS 14 the only option for driver is the AirPrint and any further utility settings are not available 😑 Nothing on Canon website as well. Lot's of issues with faint black printing, etc and seems there's nothing I can do 😳 Thank you for the video though, because I was going crazy why I can't find the settings and colour management.

Very helpful video. I was getting crazy trying to print from my MacBook Pro! Problem solved thank you

Thank you, sir, for all of your help. I had the exact same problem. You’ve been a great help.

Thanks so much Keith! Interestingly, I watched this video before I bought this printer and my partner installed it. I warned him of AirPrint, but he said he didn't see anything about it. Then when I went to print something, I noticed that I didn't have very many options at all, no options for colour or anything. I checked the preferences, and sure enough, there it was....AirPrint! We followed your instructions and now it's gone! I was so excited to see all the print options I was expecting to be there now! Your channel has been very helpful in all of my printer related questions. Thanks!

Thanks very much. Problem solved

THANK YOU KEITH! Been driving me crazy!

Thank you so much. This video helped resolve the issue.

Keith, as so many have mentioned below you have ended the days of endless deleting system resources and reinstalling print drivers and watching videos that are out of date for this 14.4.1 Mac OS system! Even though your tutorial in on an oder system you showed me what I was not seeing and not knowing about AirPrint. Thank you, Thank You!!!!!!

Hi Keith…I’m struggling to choose a decent fast all in one which is not an ugly big black box,,,,so I looked at Epsom modelled and also canon maxify models…but so confused with air print as canon only support air print…no dedicated Mac OS drivers…I’m on Ventura..I want an ink tank and general all in one for photos and print and scan and adf also how important is dpi 122x600dpi seems low on this new canon maxify 4050 or 6050..help please!

Thank you Keith! This fixed my problem. My printer, newly installed on Christmas day on my Mac - Sonoma OS. The printer was threading paper but not printing! So frustrated. After watching many videos, I found you! Problem fixed! Now, I can enjoy the rest of my Christmas evening! I appreciate you!

Thanks Keith. I lost a few hours on this issue. Issue fixed, thanks to you. Much appreciated!

Thank you so much for this, I would still be searching the Internet if it wasn't for this video!

Thanks Keith - worked

That was a wonderful explanation! And the only thing that helped me solve my issue, thank you sir!

Hi Keith do you know of any non AirPrint drivers for the TS8100 canon printers canon don’t offer one that I can find and the CUPs driver is not compatible with Mac OS X 13.1 I know this is not a pro printer but it’s the one I have and would like to have more control of the print process cheers

Thank You Very Much!!!

Hi Keith. I urgently need some help setting up my Epson 3250. I've been struggling for 4 hours now and I usually have no problem with tech but this is my first Epson and it's driving me nuts. I have some screenshots of what my MacBook m1 says during installation. How can I show you the screenshots?

HI Κeath .tis very useful but on my Ventura and Big Sur iOS I only see one option for my canon printer...

Hi Keith, As usual another great piece to camera. I recently purchased a Canon pixma pro 200 printer and on installing the drivers I ended up with both the awful ApplePrint and the official Canon drivers, which I then had to update! As for the Epson 2850 printer you are currently testing, all I can say is good luck, you’ll need it! I must say it great to see you in action as you are one of the VERY few real experts on this channel who really know what the hell they are talking about! Keep up the good work.😊🎉

Hi Keith, Thank you so much! I finally installed the Epson printer driver correctly on my MacBook Pro w/ Big Sur 11.7.10. I can get to color options, manual settings, and the advanced color adjustments. However, when I move the advanced color adjustments, I can see how it changes my photo. The tiny preview to the side is some standard photo that changes, not the one I'm printing. So, I'm making adjustments and merely gambling on what may be the result. It wastes so much time, ink and paper. Can you help me or direct me to a helpful video? THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Thank you Keith!!! I spent so much time search online and couldn't find a solution. I am glad I found your video!

Thank you for this video, it this helped me so much today. I didn't understand why I couldn't get my driver version to read more than 3.0 - AirPrint was the problem. Even when I selected EPSON ET-8550 Series under Kind it would default to AirPrint after the printer was added. I had to go in the dropdown menu and select EPSON ET-8550 series (there were two) for it to connect properly. One didn't allow the printer to be recognized by the installer software and the other worked properly. Had I not found your video, I would still be in here screaming at the printer ready to push it on the floor. Thanks again!

Thank you so much!!!

Always worthwhile listening to someone who knows their subject, you've saved me a lot of time, many thanks.............

O wow.. thank you so much. You are absolutely correct. This was the exact issue I was seeing with my printer. Thank you

Hello, I am really un tech savvy and cannot thank you enough, with your advice I have been able to install software on a Mac and completely new printer, in the past I have always had to ask my son, Thank you so much. I have subscribed.

Hi Keith, I have been having problems with my Canon i-sensys printer since a Mac software update, followed your instructions and everything now works!! Thank you.

Thanks so much for this helpful video! Question, my Epson ET-2850 prints properly from my iPhone but when I print from Macbook it only prints in color. I went and changed the settings as you said on the video (I had airprint before and could not print at all) How can I fix this? Thank you!

Great explanation. I am using a MacBook Pro. I got a Canon laser printer. I got tech support to install it. Of course, I ended up using air print. Several of the features were not available. I called Canon and they could not fix the problem. I called Apple and they could not fix the problem. I ended up returning the printer. I wish I had seen the video before.

Thank you so very much! I've spent days trying to find how to get my advanced printer settings back!

my macbook air 2023 adds the printer but doesn't show it as a Air Print but after adding, the printer details in the 'Kind' - reads EPSON.............Series-AirPrint, which is a bummer. This consistently spools my print jobs and then doesn't print at all.

Thanks so much for figuring out this issue. No problems with my Canon Pixma 8720 now!

Thank you so much! Your instructions worked perfectly with my Mac 14.2.1

Thanks Buddy. My printer was just printering jibberish I thought i had stuffed it up by adding air print. Ended up being an easy fix ❤

Thanks so much, Keith! Took me a few days and then when I found this, just a few minutes. Appreciate you.

Excellent. Thanks for the video. helped me a lot. but only on my old Mac. Unfortunately it doesn't work on the new Macbook with Sonoma. The Airprint driver is always installed automatically here.

I nearly had a nervousness breakdown over the last couple of days trying to get my Canon MG2550S to scan, when I go to scan and click on printer , the scan mode doesn’t come up as an option. I’ve deleted the printer, I’ve reinstalled it several times. I’ve tried to reinstall the driver but can’t find the right one. Can you help 🙏

Thank you, just what I needed.

Hi - any help please. I have MacBook Air, my colour on a6 card seems dull and grey text should be black. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled. I have HP DESKJET

Thanks Keith worked like a charm. Finally got my Pro 200 running the proper driver.

Thank you sir for this have had issues myself. I have a nice canon printer for my pictures but an HP laser printer for all other things.

Thank you for your video! It has solved the Air Print problem, but now the options of double-sided and B&W printing have disappeared for me. Is there a solution for that?

Had the same problem with hp 6400 , it kept disappearing, removed it, and reinstalled it making sure no airprint, im on mac os 14.5

Following this, I deleted and added the printer in but air-print shows back up when I click into the printer next to Kind. All steps aligned prior to this, any advice?

I can’t figure out how to uninstall canon profession print and layout. I want to uninstall and reinstall to see if I can get the thing to work. I have purple blue skies in the color and I’m constantly getting the “error occurred, memory insufficient” pop up. I have had the printer for a month.

I can’t install the driver with the new Ventura. It drives me nuts! What can I do? I got the Pixma Pro 200, and the colors are way off with AirPrint.

Hello!) I have a problem, I can’t understand what my mistake is, when I create a paper profile, its name does not appear in the list on the printer panel, the four profiles that I wrote appeared and everything is fine, but today I did it several times everything is new and the paper name is not in the list on the printer panel, I update the printer driver, everything is as in the instructions, I receive confirmation that everything is ok, but... I can’t understand where the error is..

You are the printer God!!! Man, I was struggling today because my Epson WF suddenly didn't pull the thick paper out anymore. I've been using it via air print, but I never had this issue. Whatever I did, nothing helped and all it showed was that the paper tray is empty!! Which wasn't. So then I deinstalled it and followed your steps - and voila!!! It's working again and also I want to mention, I have a feeling, that it prints faster now?! I will observe this a bit longer... THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING VIDEOS!!!

Thanks, But this did not help with the Canon TS6300 on Mac 14 only shows an airprint driver

Thank you so much Keith! Oh man I truly appreciate you sir.

Hello! I got this printer few days a go and I print photos but it looks very purplish..do you know what is the problem ? :(

Thanks!

What problem do you get with airprnt. on the latest os Ventura?

Thank you so much for this wonderful, informative video!!!

Hi Keith, I have a question pertaining to AirPrint. I have purchased an Epson XP-4200 printer and I had successfully set up everything. The only problem is when it comes to printing, it doesn't open up the printer when I go to system settings and under printer and scanners. The scanner is available but the printer is only in 'queue'. (Printer Queue). What other solutions could I get the printer to work.

What if my Mac can’t find a printer ?? My box is empty and both are on the same wifi

Thank you so much Keith. I have been struggling of over 2 weeks to work out why my Epson ET-2810 was printing code instead of my designs and even docs. I followed your advise step-by-step and it worked a charm. Thank you so much.

Annoyingly, I've just installed a new Pixma TS705a and discovered that Canon don't make a driver for Mac at all, they just want you to use AirPrint. Unfortunately, this only gives you 4 media types to select - Plain, Photo, Envelope and Disc. Seems I'm stuck with it as all the advice is to make sure you're selecting the proper driver, not AirPlay. It's not for art or anything fancy, but it would be nice to have the options to change the settings from bog-standard printer paper to nicer papers.

Thank you Keith, very clear. Thank you.

Brilliant, very helpful, thank you..

Thank you so much! You helped me solve my issue!

Hi Keith! I have been fighting this issue for days, when trying to install drivers from canon, it states that my Mac os does not need drivers, so I am finding no way to install a normal driver rather than the default air print :(

I have the ET-2850 and followed your instructions but the airdrop still appears.

Thanks for the great video! I have a new Canon TS9550 and there's no driver available for Mac. So presumably my only options are to switch it for an Epson or dust off my Windows laptop and see if there's a Canon driver available for that? So frustrating!!

Oh man, I wish this worked. I just got a brand new MacBook Pro, and though the only driver says it's for the ET8500, it still installs the airprint, and there's no way around it. Sometimes I really hate Apple.

I see the AirPrint in my setup. I tried to re-setup as you showed and I get an error because my computer can’t even communicate with my printer. This is after using it for months. Any help would be nice.

Love your work Keith. A bit off topic but can a Pixma ip7860 be backwards compatible with MacOS 10.15.7 aka Catalina?

HI will you have any ideas on connection with Printer? got Deco x50 , a new canon printer E4570 , using Macair , printer can connect to wifi as per screen, I can at time see appearing on my mac when want to add but not consistent and suspect Deco is a possible issue for poor connection, printer appear on my Deco list of connected items ? but cant seem to add my printer on my mac ! thanks

I tried to print a test page from word.. Two images and I picked the printer up via my network even though installing driver didn't finish. Or couldn't finish... It didn't print my images it printed gibberish code, twice

Thanks, this helped!

every single time apple or epson make an update, everything breaks, and airprint is always the culprit of wrong colours!!!!

Thanks! Very helpful. I was wondering what happened to advanced settings. Do you ever run into paper jam problems on your Epson? It seems the error only appears when I use “fine” or “quality” print quality settings but not with any of the “normal” or “draft” options. I am scouring the inter-webs for help.

I have an old Canon Pro 100 that I seldom get good color matching when compared to my monitor. If I have done all of my other color management steps correctly could the Air Print likely be giving me the problem? I realize the, other color management steps, mentioned is very involved, and I have watched most of your videos and written articles on the subject. Thanks

Under use I don't see my Epson printer name... I just see the bottom 3 things auto select, other

Thank you!!! This is so helpful! Sorry for sounding so dumb I just recieved a replacement printer- the other one had issues. They are exactly the same model and make, although this one of course is a few years newer (2021 vs 2024). Would it be best to remove the printer, and uninstall all the drives for the printer and then when i plug the new one in, Re-install them as a ‘clean’/fresh install to set up the new printer (or it will do it automatically like last time)? Or should I just leave the drives … worried if I leave them it may cause issues but worried if I delete/ uninstall the drives it wont be possible to download it to my Mac again. I hope that make sense! Thank you! I have a macbook pro 15" 2015 ( Monterey - can’t go higher) and the printer is an epson workforce printer I would hate to uninstall it and have issues re-installing but thought it may be best to install the new one as if I never had one before.... what would you do? I thought to delete/ uninstall, then turn my printer on and connect it etc. People have said different things but I think you may be the best to answer this one ☺️ And sorry this must sound dumb

Thank you. Have a Canon MF644C for a couple years now and this problem has been driving me crazy. Finally decided to look up solutions.

Brilliant!

I have a Canon G6050 printer with Mac Monterey 12.6.5 I’ve only got one option to install which is the AirPrint. I’ve contacted Canon but no response. Hoped you or someone reading the comments may have an idea? Thank you ☺️

I don't even have the option to select AirPrint, it only lets me choose the Canon series under "use" but then after I install under "kind" it says AirPrint. Does anyone know how to get around that?? Its driving me nuts

Hi. I have followed your steps & successfully found more print options but would you be able to tell me where to find the option of print speed I can not find this option anywhere!! I have the Ventura 13 software on a MacBook Pro