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08-26-2024 12:45 AM
Hello,
I’m experiencing an issue when trying to print from my HP Color LaserJet Pro M478f-9f using my Apple MacBook. Every time I attempt to print, I receive an error message stating “Expired Certificate - Check the printer for errors,” and the print job gets paused.
Could you please help me understand why this error is occurring and how I can resolve it? I suspect it might be related to the security certificate settings, but I’m unsure of how to proceed. Any guidance or steps to fix this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Im using Mac Os 15.1 Beta
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06-11-2025 05:01 PM
Easy and fast solution:
1 Open your printer's webpage. If the MAC gives you an insecure web page error message, click through it.
2 Click on the Networking tab at the top of the window:
3 In the left hand menu, choose Certificates under Security
4 Choose Configure under the Installed heading
5 Create a New Self-Signed Certificate (first option). Click Next
6 Click Edit next to the last variable, Validity Period
7 In the blank box next to Validity Period, type in 3650. Click Apply.
8 Have a cup of coffee. By the time you're done the new certificate will be installed.
9 Forget about doing it again for the next 10 years.
09-27-2024 02:20 AM - edited 09-27-2024 02:20 AM
I have the exact same problem - did you find a solution? I have tried restarting everything, checking wifi connections. I was able to print from my iPhone but not from my MacBook. I am using 15.0
10-02-2024 10:48 AM
Resolved this by updating the expired certificate under Networking - Authorization - Jetdirect Certificate
A self-signed certificate is fine if you have no other
Create a new self-signed certificate. Warning: This operation will overwrite the currently installed certificate with a new self-signed certificate.
11-14-2024 03:49 PM - edited 11-14-2024 03:50 PM
https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/ish_7345764-7345853-16
Odd that the instructions only tell you how to do it from a Windows PC. If you have a MAC desktop you should see all the same options as a Windows PC in the EWS
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11-14-2024 04:02 PM
Hi @TSanynumber
Please follow steps from the next video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYQlRkVHRVY&ab_channel=HPSupport
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01-06-2025 11:53 AM
Hello JPD9,
Thank you for posting this workaround for the Expired Certificate kicking out the Paused error. I have been working this problem for the last couple of days. I updated my Mac OS, updated the printer software, went through countless trials and more errors, more setups, more reboots, went through the hell of getting the wireless connection to work on my 2017 HP LaserJet Pro 201 after all the setup finally took, and after all that got exactly the same message, Printing Paused, only THIS time it finally showed me the Expired Certificate message, see printer for error, of which there was no sign. At the very bottom of this long message thread I come to find your message, apparently only posted YESTERDAY afternoon, and it WORKED.
THANK YOU.