|Question :
I have always had so-called ‘Desktop Printer‘ and ‘Desktop Scanner‘ buttons on my Mac, so I could access both my printer(s) and scanner(s) with just one click straight from the Desktop.

How do I do that in macOS 15 Sequoia ?

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Updated Answer :
There is a better solution for this problem in this newer post :
fixed : create a Custom Desktop Shortcut for your printer, scanner (or any application)

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Answer :
There are two options to create such ‘Desktop Printer / Scanner’ direct access buttons in macOS 15 Sequoia :

1- create new buttons : this can be done in the same way it could be done in macOS 14 Sonoma, as outlined in these previous posts :
fixed : create a Desktop Printer (one click pinter access) in macOS 14 Sonoma
fixed : create a Desktop Scanner (one click scanner access) in macOS 14 Sonoma

2- copy buttons over from your other Mac : if you already had Desktop Printer Scanner buttons on your previous Mac running at least macOS 14 Sonoma, you can them over in this way :
– have your new and your old Mac running side by side and connected to the same WiFi network
– on your old Mac, create 2 new empty folders on your Desktop
– right-click on the Desktop Printer icon on your Desktop and click on Get Info in the pop-up menu
– in the Get Info window that opens, click on the icon top left and press the [CMD]+[C] to copy the icon
– then, right-click on the first empty folder and click on Get Info in the pop-up menu
– in the Get Info window that opens, click on the icon top left and press the [CMD]+[V] to paste the icon
– then, also in the Get Info window, change the name of the folder to “Desktop Printer icon” (or something alike)
– then, take similar steps for the Desktop Scanner’s icon, and you will have a folder called “Desktop Scanner icon” (or something alike) also
– then, right-click on the “Desktop Printer icon” folder and choose AirDrop from the pop-up menu to AirDrop the folder to your new Mac
– then, repeat this to also AirDrop the “Desktop Scanner icon” folder, the “Desktop Printer” (alias) button and the “Desktop Scanner” (alias) button to your new Mac
– then, on your new Mac, open the Get Info windows of both the “Desktop Printer” and the “Desktop Printer icon” side by side and copy-paste the icon from the “Desktop Printer icon” to the “Desktop Printer” (that has lost it’s custom icon in the transfer to your new Mac)
– repeat this for the Desktop Scanner, by opening the Get Info windows of both the “Desktop scanner” and the Desktop Scanner icon” side by side and copying over the icon
– now, test both the “Desktop Printer” button and the “Desktop Scanner” icon ; the Desktop Printer button should open up the Print Center app and the Desktop Scanner button should open up the Image Capture app

That’s it !

enjoy 😉