Trouble Scanning on HP Photosmart C4200 All-In-One-Printer

Did you read somewhere that the scanning capabilities of that scanner were supported with the Airport. Unless something has changed, I am not sure that you can use Multifunction printers with the Airport Extreme or Express (accept for the print function of coarse).

FYI, my PhotoSmart 4280 AIO isn't wireless capable, so I doubt yours is. All info on the 4200 Series AIO is at http://h10061.www1.hp.com/ccsearch/search?method=mainQuery&qry=wireless&pname=HPPhotosmart+C4280+All-in-One+Printer&ptype=consumer&stype=pn&spname=HP+Photosmart +C4280+All-in-One+Printer&spid=3192753&productBigSeriesOid=3192750&pid=3192752&t emphql=s-001%2Cs-002%2Cs-004%2Cs-003%2Cs-007%2Cs-005%2Cs-006%2Cs-017%2Cz-001%2Cc-00 2%2Cc-001&product_line_code=5M&lang=en&ctry=us&dlc=en&mode=lz&uqry=&pnamedesc=HP+Photosmart+C4280+All-in-OnePrint%2FScan%2FCopy

Good reply, so I looked thru some of the links and found this interesting Note:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00710847&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en &product=3192753

Here is what it reads...

Introduction
USB-compatible HP products that support networking and/or optional Jetdirect print servers can print when connected to the USB port of a wireless router, such as the Apple AirPort Express and Extreme Base Stations. This allows you to print from other computers on the network that have Mac OS X 10.2.3 or later.

NOTE: Connecting to the USB port on a wireless router provides print functions only. Additional functions of the product, such as scanning or card slots, are not available.

Ask for portality service so the USB can be connected to whatever you hook the computer up to.

Excuse my ignorance but what is "portality service"? And who are you asking to provide it?

Thanks for the feedback. WRT to wireless printing, there are newer AIOs that have wifi built-in. Thus, ours can't do it unless it's connected to some kind of wireless ext and, as you note, the scanning features probably won't work. Good computing.

I get the same problem with my MacBook Pro OS 10.6.2, directly connected via USB. Printing works fine but using the HP Device Manager produces the same error message. Odd thing is it works fine on another MacBook (not Pro) with OS 10.5.8. I just installed directly from the HP Photosmart C4200 series CD that came with the device. I checked for updates and informed that I'm up to date. Looks like HP needs to update the scanner drivers for OS 10.6.2

Start your own thread, since this one deals with scanning over wifi.

Hello kyu47

And a Warm Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

No need to start your own thread as you're dealing with scanning on the same identical printer. I believe any inormation here is could be of valuable to the OP.

Starting your own thread may benefit you better as you may get more feed back on your specific problem.

Please keep an eye on this thread and inform us of any progress with the scanning of the C4200 as it may help this poster solve their problem.

Thanks for the welcom iyacas. The wifi bit might be a red-herring if it doesn't work via a USB cable anyway.

Works here with both Leopard and Snow Leopard, hooked up via USB, so wifi isn't a red herring. So, you have a different issue and aren't offering anything to the OP's issue.

So Biddy78, you said that you tried plugging the Scanner in USB and everything went haywire. What exactly do you mean? Did you get any errors messages? Did it lock up the Mac?