new MacBook Air w/Big Sur 11.5.2 won't print to my HPOfficejet J4550 All-in-One. says "Filter failed

[SusieB70]

got a new MacBook air and it won't print to my existing printer.  just gives an error message "filter failed"

[Kumar0307]

@SusieB70, Welcome to the HP Support Community! I’m here to help.

I understand you are not able to print from your Mac. 

This printer is not AirPrint compatible and has no printer driver available on the HP Support site to work on macOS 11 due to its age.

Also, this printer does not support the HP Smart app too on a Mac.

For more info on this issue, refer to this document. 

However, Gutenprint (formerly called Gimp-Print) provides open-source basic print drivers for many printers that would otherwise not be supported in Mac OS X. To see if your printer is supported, go to Gutenprint drivers for more information.

NOTE: Gutenprint drivers are not supported by HP or Apple.

You may also check this post by a community expert addressing such issues. This might help.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted. 

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