My Ipad Won T Print Or Can T Find My Printer

If you can’t print or the iPad can’t find your printer, try a few troubleshooting steps that resolve the most common problems.

If the Printer Isn’t Showing Up in the List on Your iPad

The most common problem occurs when the iPad cannot find or recognize your printer. The root cause of this problem is that the iPad and printer are not communicating with each other correctly. Some printers, especially early AirPrint printers, are a little finicky and require special treatment from time to time. Try these troubleshooting steps, in order:

If the Printer Appears in the List

If you can see the printer on your iPad and send print jobs to the printer, it is probably not an iPad problem. The iPad should detect standard problems like the printer being out of paper or out of ink, but this capability relies on the printer to communicate back with the iPad.