Located! Missing HP Printer Driver For Snow Leopard

Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by Stephen in Apple

Note: It looks like Apple now has the correct drivers available for direct download and upgrade. None of this should be required anymore.

Got a Hewlett Packard printer? Got Snow Leopard? Apple and HP report that the OS X 10.6 install DVD includes all required drivers and software, but it didn’t work for me. I went to look for the driver software on the Apple and HP web sites and you will find a list of supported printers, including many, many HP models. But the support article (entitled “HP Printer Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6“) redirects to the Ricoh drivers, and the HP drivers are MIA.

Poking around the site and trying different URLs, I am pleased to report that I have located the missing driver package! HP printer drivers for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard may be found here: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL907/en_US/HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers2.0.dmg Note that this driver package is labeled “2.0″ but it includes the version 3.0 HP drivers which are (allegedly) included in the install DVD.

HP officially states that users should not use their Leopard software (Scan Pro, etc) under Snow Leopard. Indeed, users should uninstall any existing HP software and use the included drivers and software. Like the previous Apple drivers, this install interferes with HP’s scanner functions anyway, so they won’t work.

So, to sum up, users of Snow Leopard should uninstall any existing HP software and install the official Apple software through Software Update or from the support web site. You should then be able to print and scan (through Preview) for compatible HP devices.

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Tags: 10.6, Apple, Hewlett Packard, HP, OS X, printer, Snow Leopard

Gertrudees

I hope this works for Hp PSC 1402 All-in-one

In any case, thank you :)

Robocop

I am interest your article

downloadboy

Nice!! this software is work

lucycarpman

Where do I go to find the uninstall options for the HP drivers?

goldfilm

The link provided can't be found. Here the correct link: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907

Thanks for the article!

goldfilm

The link provided can't be found. Here the correct link: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL907

Thanks for the article!

postnucleargnome

Will this work for P1505 LaserJet? I did not see it on the list

petermcfetridge

Perfect... worked like a charm! Thank you!!

meckygiroth

Iam interest your article.

sheartech

yes

tinbert

Update to my previous post:
In Print&Fax preferences I have removed my old entry for C6180. I removed the whole HP stuff, too using the HP deinstaller. Then I added a printer and the C6180 showed as a Bonjour printer. I choose this, and then was told that I have to download stuff from Apple. A simple "Add" started the download of about 66 MB stuff - and now everything is fine! Scanner support all over the OS (Preview/Image Capture/ even from the Print pref pane).

Cheeers, Robert

tinbert

Great that you found it. However, it should have been installed with Snow Leopard, shouldn't it? And, the version which come with SL is listed as 3.0. And, on http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669 the version for scan support for 6100 is also called 3.0.

A quick check with SL showed no working scanning support (session could not be established). I am curious whether 2.0 will work - download is still ongoing.

Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat

Located! Missing HP Printer Driver For Snow Leopard

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