Adding a printer on a Mac is quite simple. The easiest way is while in System Preferences, plug the USB cable that's connected to your printer to a USB port on your Mac. Your Mac will detect it and add it as an available printer.
In order to add a printer on your local area network, you will just need to know the IP address of that printer.
However, sometimes you may encounter a network printer that doesn't have the IP address listed. What's worst is that the menu on the printer does now show the IP address at all no matter how many menu displays you try. Here's how to add the printer if you have access to at least another computer that has already added that printer.
3) When in System Profiler, click on "Printers" in the side bar and then select the name of the printer in the list to the right. 4) Locate the IP address in the panel below. This is the IP address you will enter into your computer's System Preferences > Printers & Scanners > "+" > "Add Printer or Scanner" > IP. |