Add a Printer to Mac: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Admin 6 months ago

Do you want to install a printer on your Mac?

A printer is an essential tool for the modern household. Printer to Mac is a very important part of this topic. Whether it’s for printing out your latest essay or creating a handy work schedule, printers are important for both our personal lives and our careers. Adding a printer is not too difficult or time-consuming, so long as you know what you are doing.

Section 1: Print to a Printer from a Mac

1. Connect the Printer

First, plug the printer into a USB port on your Mac. If it doesn't have a USB port, plug it into the printer cable from the back of the printer.

2. Select My Printer

Press the [Apple Menu] key, select My Computer, and then find the printer by using the file picker.

Section 2: Print to a Printer from the Printer's File Dialog

3. Select Print

After the printer is connected, you'll see a printer dialog box appear. To print, select "Print" from the printer's menu. To print directly to the printer, click the "Select file" icon in the top right corner.

4. Print to a Printer from a Local Folder

For a shortcut, right-click on the printer's icon in the Dock or on the system tray, and select Print > I want to print from…"

Section 2: Add the printer to your network

Plugin the printer into your Mac.

Open System Preferences.

Click the Apple icon in the top right of the main screen.

Select Sharing.

Select Printer Sharing.

In the Printer Sharing window, click Printer on the left.

The top right corner of the Printer Sharing window will change to Direct Printer and at the bottom of the window, there will be a number of built-in printers that can be used with a computer.

Click Connect at the bottom of the Printer Sharing window.

From the Printer Sharing window, the Printers can be found at the top right corner of the window.

Uncheck the system-wide Windows Office, Google Chrome, and other "features" listed at the top right corner of the Printer Sharing window.

Type in the printer's IP address into the address bar of the web browser.

Click Connect.

Section 3: Install the printer drivers on your Mac

Connect the printer to your Mac

Go to System Preferences >iCloud and look for printers

From here, open the Printer & Copier setting

And change your printer's name (make sure to select your printer), location, and network settings

These settings determine your printer's use. If your printer is network-based, you'll need to get a router and a WiFi adapter. However, most printers do not need a WiFi adapter, and you can find them without an internet connection.

How to Add a Printer to Mac: Unlocking the Security

There's another step to be careful about. All printers have a passcode that you must enter on the device before you can use the printer. Thankfully, setting up the printer will not require you to enter this code.

Section 4: Sign in with the same Apple ID on all devices

• (Optional) Add the Mac to your Apple ID from your account on a PC or Mac

• (Optional) Enter your password to unlock the printer

• (Optional) Select the Printer Apple ID that you created

• (Optional) Log in to Printers on the Mac's Finder menu

How to Put Everything Together: Getting Paid on Multiple Apple Devices

With an AppleCare extended warranty in hand, you're now ready to get paid to do certain tasks on your Mac. While you can't actually get paid for installing any kind of app, you can get paid for printing certain documents (or at least, you can get paid for a bunch of small jobs).

To get paid, go into Preferences on your Mac, select Printers, and then you can click the AppleCare tab.

Section 5: Add Printers in System Preferences

Before you go ahead and try to add a printer, you need to make sure that you have the right printer installed on your Mac. If it isn't, you're going to need to reinstall it. To check this, open System Preferences and choose your default photo editing application (Photo for Windows users), and then choose the checkbox next to "All printers".

Next, open System Preferences and click on the printer icon. You can also access the printer by going to "System Preferences > Printer", and then clicking on the icon. You should see a printer listing, and you can choose to install or remove the printer.

Add Printer in System Preferences

We'll now show you how to add a printer to Mac by following these steps.

Final thought

Every Mac user who works with PDF files (like me) should understand how to add a printer to that same PDF.

My advice: Just go to the Printers pane in System Preferences, and follow the on-screen instructions.

Keep in mind that the price of a cheap printer may be free for Mac users but can be hefty for Windows users. If that's the case, you can convert a Windows laser printer into a Mac printer by installing the Brother iPrint&Scan app and paying a $10-per-month subscription fee (there is also an app for Apple's iPrint&Scan; however, it doesn't cost to install, and it converts the printer into an AirPrint-compatible device, which is what you want).