If you have an older printer that doesn't support driverless technology, your mac might automatically install the driver software needed to use that device. many printers and scanners use driverless technologies such as airprint or ipp everywhere, which don't require additional drivers on your mac.. A network printer connects to your local network through a wi-fi or ethernet connection. set up a network printer on your macbook pro by configuring the printer to join your wireless connection or temporarily connecting your computer to the printer via a usb cable and running either your printer's setup assistant software or a software update on your macbook pro.. I am trying to download a printer driver to connect my mac air (version os x 10.9.2) with my printer (pixma mp250 series). how or where can i download and install one? info: macbook air, os x mavericks (10.9.2).
Before you can use a printer on a macbook air computer, you must add it. the process automatically adds the drivers to the macbook air that allow the computer to communicate with the printer.. The install package on the brother site runs but no installer utility is installed from the package anywhere. simply trying to add the printer to the mac (even usb) fails when downloading drivers from apple.. 1 plug in your printer, add a few sheets of paper and connect one end of the usb cable to your printer and other to your macbook and turn on your printer 2 install any software that the came with your printer and following printer's setup instructions..
