hp office jet won't print from MacBook Air

jcgcrna Said:

"hp office jet won't print from MacBook Air: using the usb attachment with the usb to c and plugged into my MacBook Air 15" can't print. The MacBook is showing that the printer is a laser jet and it's a inkjet."

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Getting a Printer to Print:

A. Try Wireless:

So, what about the wireless? Does that work? Does it see it as a different technology (laser jet)?

B. Get the Drivers from HP:

Get the Drivers from the manufacturer (HP), and no where else. Elesewise, you may end up with misconfigurations of sorts.

There are various similar models:

• HP OfficeJet 4500 All-in-One Printer Series - G510
• HP OfficeJet 4500 All-in-One Printer Series - G510a
• HP OfficeJet 4500 All-in-One Printer Series - G510n
• HP OfficeJet 4500 All-in-One Printer Series - K7

There may be some other model variations.

Which do you have?

Some of these have wireless and/or wireless connections, which would be the preferable way to access the printer.

Does this printer have Wi-Fi or Ethernet wired connections?

Based on the manuals for the series, whichever one you have here seems to be somewhere around fifteen years old and maybe older too, so well before AirPrint.

Usual printing path is via AirPrint, when that is available.

Which HP OfficeJet printer?

Please be specific about that printer model number too, as HP has lots of printers.

What model of HP is it? Have you checked with HP to make sure you have the most recent drivers, if they offer drivers for that model of printer for macOS 15? And have you tried a different USB cable?