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Adding a USB Printer (macOS)
How to Add a USB printer in macOS
* Note: If a local USB Lexmark printer is NOT using the Universal driver you can run into issues where print jobs fail and/or continually get paused. In these cases, delete the printer and re-add it using the Universal driver.
- Click on the Apple Symbol in the top left corner
- Click System Preferences
- Click Printers & Scanners
- Click on the "+" symbol on the lower left side of the window below the PRINTERS box
- Select the printer icon to the far left at the top of the window below the "Add Printer" heading (this is usually the default selection).
- Look through the new list of printers that shows. Under the Column titled "Kind", look for the printer that shows USB and select it
- If you do not see your local printer in the list, reseat the printer USB cable at both ends (printer end and computer/hub end) and/or also try powering off and powering back on the printer.
- If reseating the cable and/or powering off and powering back on the printer does not cause the printer to appear in the list, then try moving the USB cable to a different USB port on the computer/hub and try again.
- Click the drop-down menu next to USE at the bottom of the window
- Click on Select Software...
- In the top right corner where it says Filter, type in "Universal" (no quotes).
- Depending on what type of Lexmark Printer you have, follow one of the two options below:
- COLOR LEXMARK PRINTER: Select the option for LEXMARK UNIVERSAL COLOR
- BLACK AND WHITE/MONO LEXMARK PRINTER: Select the option for LEXMARK UNIVERSAL MONO
- Once you've selected your option click the OK button
- On the previous window, click on the ADD button in the lower right corner
- Your printer is now ready to use
- If you do not see your local printer in the list, reseat the printer USB cable at both ends (printer end and computer/hub end) and/or also try powering off and powering back on the printer.
- If reseating the cable and/or powering off and powering back on the printer does not cause the printer to appear in the list, then try moving the USB cable to a different USB port on the computer/hub and try again.
- COLOR LEXMARK PRINTER: Select the option for LEXMARK UNIVERSAL COLOR
- BLACK AND WHITE/MONO LEXMARK PRINTER: Select the option for LEXMARK UNIVERSAL MONO
How to verify that a printer is using the Lexmark Universal driver:
* Note: If a local USB Lexmark printer is NOT using the Universal driver you can run into issues where print jobs fail and/or continually get paused. In these cases, delete the printer and re-add it using the Universal driver.
- Open System Preferences
- Select the printer in the printers list
- Look at the "KIND" field (this is the driver) for the printer information and verify that is has "Universal" in the name.
- Also, the image/icon for the printer will be a generic picture of a printer, so looking at the image/icon is another way to verify that you are using the Universal driver (a model specific driver will show an icon/image that looks exactly like the physical printer).
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