It is happen that sometimes an offline status display on Mac screen when you try to print a document or file. It signifies that the Mac OS cannot interact with the attached printer and it is an annoying problem for sure, but it could be also that the printer might be switched off or a loose USB connection.
Make Sure Computer to Printer Connectivity
This is the first step to perform when printer offline mac error displays on any operating system. Follow the given below instructions to ensure that. Prior to continue these instructions, ensure the printer is properly attached by examining if it displays on the devices list on your Mac.
For Connectivity with a USB printer
Turn off the printer by pushing on its power button, and then wait for 10 seconds.
Remove the plug of the USB cable connected to the back of the printer.
Turn on the printer. It might start printing queued files, so wait for it to finish that and turn quiet prior to beginning.
Wait for 10 seconds, and re-attach the cord to your printer. While at it, make sure the cable sits safely on the printer’s USB port. In case it starts to print, let it finish that before proceeding to the next step.
Try to print again. If it does, you are great to go. If not, read this blog post on to learn how to do printer online on a network wireless.
For Connectivity with a Wireless Printer
Turn off and on the printer and wait for few seconds to turn it quiet.
If the Wi-Fi connection does not come again after switch on the printer again, then try the similar for the router after closing all work on the network. To start the router again, first remove its plug from the power source and wait for 11 seconds.
After you connect the router with the power socket, wait for some time to establish the internet connectivity. A light will show ensures the connectivity, so make sure that prior to start.
Restart the computer and wait for it to turn idle. Once it starts again, click on the icon “Apple”, and select System Preferences. Then, click at Printers and Scanners to launch the printers list installed on Mac.
If you can select your printer from the list of the device, it is connected. However, if the printer does not appear on the list, and you have no choices to make it display there, then certainly the network connection is the main reason of printer offline mac error.
Reset the Printer
Make sure the printer is idle prior to start.
When the device is turned on, remove the plug from the power cord from its back. Detach the similar from the power outlet. Then wait for at least 60 seconds.
Re-attach the power cable into the power socket.
Plug again the power cable to the back of your printer.
If it does not turn on, push the power button for that.
Once it switches on, try again to print a document or file. If you are not able to take a printout, then proceed with the next step.
Remove Other Printers from Mac
If various names of the similar printer are displayed on the computer, delete unwanted entries and keep the entry displayed as inactive. The status inactive printer in the list is shown in green color. After make sure that, follow the below instructions.
Launch the printers list from Printers and Scanners.
Then, delete additional entries of the similar printer by selecting one by one and clicking on the minus button displayed on the left bottom.
Then, configure the inactive printer as the default printer.
After that, try to print a test page.
If the printer offline issue is not resolved, then proceed to the next step of troubleshooting.
Clear the Present Print Queue and Again Add the Printer
Deleting the print queue from the list and adding the print queue again starts a new session of printing on Mac.
If all these instructions do not able to resolve the printer offline mac error, you might need advanced troubleshooting to handle this problem. In that case, connect with our certified and highly experienced HP printer support engineers through the toll free phone number +1-855-461-5433 to get instant assistance.
If your Epson printer offline Mac, there may be a few reasons behind it.
Connection issues: If there is a connection problem with the printer, it can go offline.
First, check to see if the printer is properly connected to the PC.
Check to see if this is the case, and fix it.
Incorrect Printer Settings: Make sure you have selected your product as the 'Default Printer' for your PC.
An outdated printer driver may cause your printer to malfunction.
Apart from the excellent performance of the HP printers, few of the technical issues in the HP printer will result into unpredicted error message offline printer Mac.
However, we are going to fix this severe technical problem with the assistance of this blog post.
In this blog post, we have described all the possible methods to remove this error completely from your printer of HP.
