How To Add Wi-Fi Printer To Mac

Adding any device to a Mac is easy. More importantly, after connecting a device to your Mac, the device works just how it should be.

Most of the mid to high end printers available in the market today have Wi-Fi. Using the Wi-Fi, you can wirelessly connect a printer to your Mac and start using it within a minute.

This guide will show you how to connect a Wi-Fi printer to Mac.

Connect a printer to Mac over Wi-Fi

Before we tell you how to wirelessly connect a printer to Mac, it’s important to note a couple of points. First, your printer must and should support Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi must be on. Second, the printer and Mac must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Generally, the printer’s Wi-Fi can be turned on by pressing the Wi-Fi (look for Wi-Fi symbol) button on the printer. If a Wi-Fi button is not present, please check the built-in menu. If you are unable to find the Wi-Fi option, please contact your printer’s manufacturer along with your printer details.

Step 1: Make sure that the printer is turned on and the Wi-Fi is enabled.

Step 2: On your Mac, open System Preference or System Settings in newer versions). Click Printers & Scanners.

Step 3: Click on the small plus button (refer to the picture) located bottom left to open Add printer dialog.

Step 4: In a few seconds, the Add Printer dialog will detect your printer and show in the list. Select the printer that you want to add to your Mac, change the name if you wish, type a location and use if you prefer to do so and then click the Add button.

NOTE: If your Mac fails to detect the printer, please restart the printer once.

Step 5: You will see the “Setting up “your printer name”” on the screen for a few seconds. That’s it!

The printer is now ready to use. You can now send a print job to check if the printer is working.

Tip: The Printers & Scanners dialog offers an option to view and clear print queues. Click on the Open Print Queue button to view documents in the queue.

Remove a printer from your Mac

Step 1: Go to System Preferences (System Settings) > Printers & Scanners.

Step 2: Select the printer that you want to remove and then click on the small – (minus) button.

Step 3: When you are asked for confirmation, click the Delete printer button. That’s it!

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