My printer suddenly stopped printing and I tried to delete and reinstall but now it is saying that I don't have the best driver for it to operate optimally. I checked HP.com and they say the printer is old, OK,... its old, but it still runs. I just need to find a suitable driver Please help
It has Catalina OS 10.15.6
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Your printer isn't old, it's ancient!
Can the printer be seen in the System Preferences - Printers? If so the then reset the printing system per the directions in Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem. After you have done that please follow the instructions in Adding a printer? DO NOT install any HP software, if you have any installed please uninstall it.
Your printer isn't old, it's ancient!
Can the printer be seen in the System Preferences - Printers? If so the then reset the printing system per the directions in Reset the Mac printing system to solve a problem. After you have done that please follow the instructions in Adding a printer? DO NOT install any HP software, if you have any installed please uninstall it.
HP's LaserJet 5MP driver is unobtainium. Even if you were to find an installer, it will not work on Catalina. The only possible way that printer continued to work on your Mac was having upgraded from earlier macOS versions.
If you deleted the printer from Printers & Scanners or reset the printing system you may have deleted the only surviving copy of the driver it needs. Restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup created prior to uninstalling the printer driver. Then, investigate the reason the printer suddenly stopped working. The reason may be simple, or it may be that the printer finally expired.
Hi,
Is the printer connected to a network (via an external Ethernet print server), or are you using a USB-to-parallel adapter for the parallel port? Which printer driver was used earlier (under which operating system version)?
The HP LaserJet 5MP supports enhanced PCL 5 and PostScript Level 2, so you may want to try the generic PCL and/or PostScript drivers, if necessary.
Thank you so much everyone! The reset for my little dinosaur worked! I appreciate the responses that everyone made.
Very glad the reset did the trick. I have an old Laserjet 1012 connected to my 2020 iMac and I know it's just a matter of time before it gives up the ghost.
Unobtainium as John Galt has mentioned. However, GutenPrint for Mac v5.3.3 supports the HP 5MP, and may be an option for you on Catalina.
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where do I find printer driver for HP LaserJet 5MP to run on Catalina
