How to Fix Paused Printer on Mac

I’ve been having difficulty getting my Mac connected to a wireless printer. No matter how I configured it, it would always enter paused mode whenever I printed a document.

It turns out that all I had to do was connect to it via IP address on the Add Printer dialog. To get the IP address, first attach to the printer using AirPrint. Then, you can look at the printer’s webpage and get the IP address from there. Then, simply remove the printer and re-add it, using the IP address instead of the AirPlay option.

I’m guessing that it doesn’t work because my printer is too old to support the most recent version of AirPrint. I don’t know, but I’m really glad I got it working, it was very frustrating not having a printer.

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