My printer won't print.

My printer won't print.

There can be many reasons why your printer may not be able to print. The following steps will take you through things you can try to resolve issues with printing.

Slide the paper guides to their outermost positions.


Load a stack of plain paper with the print side facing up into the input tray, and then slide the stack forward until it stops.



Slide the paper length and width guides so that they are resting against the stack of paper.



Click on the Apple Menu and click on System Preferences.



Click Printers and Scanners.



Select the name of your printer in the printers list, click Options & Supplies.



Click the Supply Levels tab.



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