Problem Resolved, thanks to all who viewed or replied with help.
The resoloution was completed by following the instructions on \n aticle on Manjaro printing Printing - Manjaro
pamac install manjaro-printer
sudo gpassword -a your_username sys
pamac build hplip-plugin
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.service
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.socket
sudo systemctl enable --now cups.path
pamac install avahi
sudo systemctl enable --now avahi-daemon.service
pamac install system-config-printer
pamac install print-manager
Then, in the CUPS GUI:
add your printer
select your printer name
select your printer connection
install your printer driver
Once again many thanks for all the help and suggestions
Regards