Hello.
There is a missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur
v11.1. This is with an old HP OfficeJet 8600 Pro (printer+fax) via wireless AirPrint. I added the printer in
macOS' printers & scanners. The old 13" MBP's mac OS Mojave v10.14.6 has no problems! Did the new macOS version
change something? If not, then what's wrong? Do I need to install HP's bloated softwares to get it? :(
In message <3NednQLSpN2U2nHCnZ2dnUU7-cnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Hello.
There is a missing scan(ner) option in a new 2020 (Intel i7) 13" MBP's clean installed updated macOS Big Sur
v11.1. This is with an old HP OfficeJet 8600 Pro (printer+fax) via wireless AirPrint. I added the printer in
macOS' printers & scanners. The old 13" MBP's mac OS Mojave v10.14.6 has no problems! Did the new macOS version
change something? If not, then what's wrong? Do I need to install HP's bloated softwares to get it? :(
You will almost certainly have to find HP drivers (and you probably did
on the previous machine and have forgotten). Good luck with that, as HP abandons printers in minutes and if they do updated drivers they take a
very long time to do so.
Thanks. I downloaded, and installed HP Easy Start app (https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/HP_Quick_Start/osx/Applications/HP_Easy_Start.app.zip
v2.10.0.201112 from 11/12/2020). It detected the old HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g
wirelessly and took over as the drivers. Wifi/AirPrint could print and scan fine.
If I tried to print with its USB cable, then it doesn't work. MacOS kept saying
waiting for the printer forever. I could access USB printer's details and status,
and even scan...
I tried the old 2012 13" MacBook Pro with its mac OS Mojave v10.14.6,
and it had no problems...
In comp.sys.mac.printing Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
...
Thanks. I downloaded, and installed HP Easy Start app (https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/HP_Quick_Start/osx/Applications/HP_Easy_Start.app.zip
v2.10.0.201112 from 11/12/2020). It detected the old HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g
wirelessly and took over as the drivers. Wifi/AirPrint could print and scan fine.
If I tried to print with its USB cable, then it doesn't work. MacOS kept saying
waiting for the printer forever. I could access USB printer's details and status,
and even scan...
I tried the old 2012 13" MacBook Pro with its mac OS Mojave v10.14.6,
and it had no problems...
I noticed macOS' dmesg showed a lot of "HP Device Monito@: AppleUSBHostUserClient::openGated:
could not open provider IOUSBHostInterface. provider already opened for exclusive access by HP
Device Monito". Without HP's softwares and drivers installed and can print via USB, but have
no scanner and fax options, I don't see these lines. I guess, HP still needs to give out newer
softwares and drivers, and my client has to use AirPrint and no USB for now. :(
You will almost certainly have to find HP drivers (and you probably did
on the previous machine and have forgotten). Good luck with that, as HP abandons printers in minutes and if they do updated drivers they take a
very long time to do so.
Which macOS? Catalina? Big Sur? Do both http://123.hp.com and http://support.hp.com give you any drivers and softwares for it? They
offer me HP Smart app (crap) and Easy Start (better, but still no USB
print).
In comp.sys.mac.system Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:
You will almost certainly have to find HP drivers (and you probably did
on the previous machine and have forgotten). Good luck with that, as HP abandons printers in minutes and if they do updated drivers they take a very long time to do so.
Yep, I just got a new Mac Mini and my HP 7760 is nearly toast. The
only choices are 300dpi or 600dpi, black and white only. Forget
about colour or any of the photo printing features.
OTOH, hats off to Epson for having an updated driver for my 19-year old
1260 scanner that I first used with OS 9. It works better than fine, as
the new driver does things with this old beast that the old drivers
never did.
In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
Which macOS? Catalina? Big Sur? Do both http://123.hp.com and http://support.hp.com give you any drivers and softwares for it? They
offer me HP Smart app (crap) and Easy Start (better, but still no USB print).
Big Sur, M1 Mac Mini. For this model of USB printer, HP offers a PowerPC driver and a Universal (PPC/Intel) driver that worked with my Intel
iMac running 10.13 (end of the line for that model.) But nothing beyond
that. It's really a shame, since the printer still works fine. Might
keep the old iMac around just to use for printing.
In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
Which macOS? Catalina? Big Sur? Do both http://123.hp.com and
http://support.hp.com give you any drivers and softwares for it? They
offer me HP Smart app (crap) and Easy Start (better, but still no USB
print).
Big Sur, M1 Mac Mini. For this model of USB printer, HP offers a PowerPC driver and a Universal (PPC/Intel) driver that worked with my Intel
iMac running 10.13 (end of the line for that model.) But nothing beyond
that. It's really a shame, since the printer still works fine. Might
keep the old iMac around just to use for printing.
Big Sur, M1 Mac Mini. For this model of USB printer, HP offers a PowerPC driver and a Universal (PPC/Intel) driver that worked with my Intel
iMac running 10.13 (end of the line for that model.) But nothing beyond that. It's really a shame, since the printer still works fine. Might
keep the old iMac around just to use for printing.
Ah. What about https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?
In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
Big Sur, M1 Mac Mini. For this model of USB printer, HP offers a PowerPC >> > driver and a Universal (PPC/Intel) driver that worked with my Intel
iMac running 10.13 (end of the line for that model.) But nothing beyond
that. It's really a shame, since the printer still works fine. Might
keep the old iMac around just to use for printing.
Ah. What about https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?
Hey thanks! That totally worked, I have all my printer features back!
Strange that HP does not make that driver available,
and that Big Sur could not locate it from Apple on its own. I didn't
even think to search the Apple support site for an updated driver.
In message <rtv4jc$dcd$1@dont-email.me> Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
In comp.sys.mac.system Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
Big Sur, M1 Mac Mini. For this model of USB printer, HP offers a PowerPC >>> > driver and a Universal (PPC/Intel) driver that worked with my Intel
iMac running 10.13 (end of the line for that model.) But nothing beyond >>> > that. It's really a shame, since the printer still works fine. Might
keep the old iMac around just to use for printing.
Ah. What about https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1888?
Hey thanks! That totally worked, I have all my printer features back!
Strange that HP does not make that driver available,
No it's not. HP is a shit company that does not want to support their products in the belief that people will be stupid enough o keep
replacing them with other HP products.
and that Big Sur could not locate it from Apple on its own. I didn't
even think to search the Apple support site for an updated driver.
Apple defers to the manufacturer.
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