Printer not working after iOS 18.1.1

I have an HP Color LaserJet MFP M283fdw printer. I have the same issue after updating to IOS 18.1.1. At first, I thought it was the driver issue but after looking around HP support site for a while, I found one video about checking Air Print setup. It led me to the solution. It suggested me to type the IP address of the printer which is connected to my WiFi router (in my case, it's Xfinity router) onto my Safari browser to access the printer's Embedded Web Server (EWS) page directly. Of course, It just hung. I noticed that the IP address reported in the Network Summary page from the printer starts with 169.x.x.x which is not corresponding to the current IP address of my Xfinity router which starts with 10.x.x.x. So, I went into Xfinity router setup and did the "forget" this printer/device to remove the printer from Xfinity WiFi listing. Then I went into the network setup on the printer (via LCD panel) and removed all the network settings, and restarted the printer (power off/on). I re-added the printer to the Xfinity router. The new IP address (WiFi) assigned to the printer is now starting with 10.x.x.x. as expected. Access to EWS pages shows that Air print is already enabled anyway. I then tested the printing and it worked fine. I also can access and print from Hp Smart App as before. I'm not sure how I got the 169* IP address for the printer. I assumed it was assigned automatically the last time Xfinity router was rebooted (DHCP is enabled by default). I updated my phone and iPad to IOS 18.x a couple of day before my Xfinity service went down two days ago. I did not try test printing until today. I hope this help or at least give you some idea where to look for troubleshooting!

My problem was that iOS would not select a printer. It could see them all, when I went to the printer selection option, I would select one, and a few seconds later, iOS would deselect it.

I had to disable VPN and then it worked normally. I have two apps: Norton VPN and Norton 360. I didn’t realize Norton VPN didn’t actually control the VPN (or controlled it for Norton Deluxe perhaps) and had to disable it in both apps.

maybe iOS could prompt users to disable VPN, on the next update…? 🤔

I had to turn off VPN. Then it worked fine.

Did you disable VPN on your phone? You can re-enable it after printing.

Are you running a VPN on your iPhone? I disabled my VPN bf it printed fine. I knows it’s a PITA to go through 3 steps—disable, print, enable,—but give it a try.

A work around until Apple fixes the problem is to download the EPSON Smart Panel app onto your iphone and then print using that app

I have the same model of Epson printer . Never had a problem printing from Gen 9 iPad until iOS 18 upgrade.Tried all the suggested fixes reboot devices, reboot wifi router . Nothing works. I have two older iPads which are not updated to ios18……they print fine. Apple needs to address this.

After two frustrating hours of trying to get AirPrint to work after updating I came across your post. I downloaded the document into the Canon Business app, opened the document, hit the print button, and just like that my printer worked like it used to so thank you so much for solving my printing problems!

I had to download HP Sense app printer works but still cannot fax anything

What troubleshooting steps have you taken? Try rebooting everything.

There are 3 parameters that an Epson printer needs to print correctly. 1. Paper size, 2. Paper type, 3. Print quality.

The Apple print screen fails to transfer these 3 parameters correctly. In part working with Epson, I have developed a series of workarounds with the current IOS defects. I believe that these programming errors can be fixed in under a man hour. Unfortunately tech support doesn’t seem to have programmers and so I know of no other way than this to try to get Apple to correct their error.

Yup. Same issue here. Printer wakes up when trying to print (using IP address to watch it). But never prints. Definitely something within the 18 update….grrr…I have a canon mf220 series. It prints from an HP laptop just fine. Rebooting everything is what most people do first thing. It didn’t help.

Same old. Makes me want to stop any updates from now on. OR perhaps I can regress back to previous version. I also don’t appreciate much of the other changes such as password auto load.

sorry for the rant

Same here! Gone is my ability to print to my Canon imageCLASS mf229dw from my iPad. I certainly wish I never installed the update to iOS 18. And 18.2 has not fixed the issue. I have to resort sending files over to my MacBook Air so I can print as my iPad can longer be used as a work computer.