Connecting New Laptop to Wireless Printer

cubby

Jan 25, 2014 at 11:39am Edited

I have a new MacBook Air and I'm attempting to connect it to wireless printer ( which is already set up and be used with daughter's MacBook Pro).
I've gone into Printers/Scanners through System Preferences but it tells me "no printers are available." Any suggestions?
Thanks ( and, I'm a total novice, so talk to me like I'm 4).

Bsnapps

Jan 25, 2014 at 12:21pm

Have to make printer discoverable by pressing wifi button till it blinks then it should show up on your Mac if not find the ip or MAC address for printer and manually input it

cubby

Jan 25, 2014 at 3:47pm

Where do I locate these ?

Bsnapps

Mar 10, 2014 at 2:06pm

it should be on the top bar on mac and the wifi symbol on printer should be the button sry for the delay

hmbooks

Mar 10, 2014 at 3:44pm

I had a problem connecting my MacBook to a wireless printer when using a Verizon router. My previous cheap personal router was a breeze to set up. I ended up having to connect via USB in order to complete set up (now works wirelessly).

Bsnapps

Mar 10, 2014 at 3:46pm

nice glad u got it working

Tom_Reingold

Mar 10, 2014 at 4:22pm

Some printers require you to use a USB to introduce the computer to the printer for the first time. Thereafter, you can use the network.

unicorn33

Jun 8, 2015 at 5:16pm

Piggybacking on this previous thread: I'd like to get a printer that would work wirelessly with my MacBook Air and my spouse's Chromebook. Don't need anything fancy, but I would like it to be able to also scan and copy documents. This would be for home use, not for work. Any recommendations?

DanDietrich

Jun 9, 2015 at 1:49am

I have had good luck with Brother machines lately. I used to like HP but their software is bloated. I do exactly what you are describing.

unicorn33

Jun 9, 2015 at 5:39am

Is set up pretty simple for us non-techies?

FilmCarp said:
I have had good luck with Brother machines lately. I used to like HP but their software is bloated. I do exactly what you are describing.

DanDietrich

Jun 9, 2015 at 10:26am

It worked easily for me.

unicorn33

Jun 9, 2015 at 11:01am

Great. That's the route I'll be going.

hmbooks

Jun 9, 2015 at 11:31am

I just read my previous comment from March and thought, Wow, that is exactly the problem I am having...

unicorn33

Jun 9, 2015 at 12:00pm

Uh-oh. I have a MacBook and a Verizon router, too...

hmbooks said:
I just read my previous comment from March and thought, Wow, that is exactly the problem I am having...

hmbooks

Jun 10, 2015 at 1:17am

@unicorn33 my MacBook is vERY old so that may be the problem. Lots of things are not supported.

unicorn33

Jun 10, 2015 at 3:43am

I understand. We have an old Mac desktop in the house in addition to my near-new MacBook Air. Recent versions of Chrome and various other items are no longer supported on the old Mac. Hopefully, the newer laptop won't have any problems with wireless printing. We'll see, once I get my act together and buy the new printer...