The printer is an all-in-one, and is on the LAN as an IP printer because other
LAN computers (Linux, Windows) need to print/scan with it.
The printer is not discoverable via Bonjour. The "Add" pane in Sys Prefs shows
nothing under the Default tab. Is that what you mean by "plain vanilla" printer?
-Carl
> On May 10, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Macs R We <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote:
>
> Why are you going the IP Printer route? Most SOHO networked printers these
> days have drivers that know how to find them using the default add dialogs. I
> think you just may be confusing the driver. Try adding it as a vanilla
> printer (you don't have to change any of the current network bindings, just
> don't refer to them).
>
>> On May 10, 2019, at 12:25 PM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to add a Canon C3530i printer on a MacOS Mojave Mac mini, but no
>> joy.
>>
>> I have the printer connected to my LAN at verified unique IP address
>> 192.168.0.10 and I can ping it. I have added the Canon PPDs to
>> /Library/Printers/PPDs via their install package.
>>
>> In the Sys Prefs Printer/Scanner panel, I click on "+" and select IP, and
>> add the printer by IP address. It then spins a while, and auto-selects
>> "Generic PostScript Printer" for the type, which is wrong.
>>
>> So I go to "Select Software..." and select the correct Canon printer entry.
>>
>> When I click on "Add", I get an alert panel:
>>
>> *Unable to verify the printer on your network*
>>
>> Unable to connect to ‘192.168.0.10’ due to an error.
>> Would you still like to create the printer?
>> Cancel / Continue
>>
>> If I click on "Continue", it creates a printer entry, but I cannot print to
>> it. The print panel shows "Cannot locate printer". There is no log entry in
>> the console or system log.
>>
>> Note that in Sys Prefs I can look at the printer's status ("General" tab)
>> and ink levels ("Supply Levels" tab), and I can ping it. I just can't print
>> to it (nor is there a "Print Test Page" function).
>>
>> The printer was working fine on another Mac mini running High Sierra, and
>> does work fine when connected to a Win/PC LAN.
>>
>> What could be going wrong?
>>
>> -Carl
>>
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