Hp LaserJet 1012 printer drivers no longer available for Mac - help?

Just click the download button. It will download a file named "HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.dmg". Double click that, you'll see .pkj icon when it opens. Double click that -- and an installer "Install Hewlett-Packard Print Software." info box will take you from there.

See this first:

If your HP printer doesn't work and you see a warning that HP software '...will damage your computer' - Apple Support

HP asked Apple Apple to inactivate a certificate without realizing doing so would cause them problems.

You can also check System Preferences > Software Updates for a printer update. See the screenshot at the bottom of this article:

Hello,

Yes, I can understand that you do not want to decommission a good printer. Did you at some point try the Gutenprint driver? Also, did you again (during the last couple of days) try the 5.1 printer drivers from HP in order to check whether it contains something of interest? Could this possibly be a driver intended for a somewhat similar but more modern printer (just guessing here)? If necessary, you may have to experiment with drivers for several models. Just as an example, HP's suggested macOS 10.15 download for a LaserJet 1022 is the 5.1 package.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05900790

Safely open apps on your Mac - Apple Support

If you feel safer downloading HP drivers driver directly from Apple, I can confirm this does indeed contain the driver for the Laserjet 1012 (I still use mine, too), which I just installed and can also confirm my 1012 is back up and running. On the downside, this installs pretty much ALL HP drivers too (at least as of the date of the download file, 2017) - it's a huge install (almost 1GB).

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1888?locale=en_US

(Now I need to research how to uninstall all the drivers I just installed that I don't need, but that's another topic.)

Check System Requirements : to check which Os can accept using this package to be installed

Also

at HP Website they mention that this printer is two Old and is drive work only with Mac OS 9 ( old version of Mac OS )

Here a link with screenshot https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-laserjet-1012-printer/377934

Hi,

The latest Mac driver available for download from HP today appears to be for Mac OS 9. This makes the LaserJet 1012 a very interesting printer for owners of old (approx. 1998-2003) Macs.

A third-party Gutenprint driver hp-lj_1012 can per se be found at http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php, but please note the information on the home page about macOS Catalina 10.15 installation problems.

If nothing else works, you may even want to carry out experiments with an older Windows version running in a virtual machine under macOS on your Mac.

jennyfantastic wrote:

Hi Jan,

thank you for your input. But as you noted - the problem seems to be that Mac has deliberately disabled the function to accept this printer with updated OS as well as the driver not being available from HP.

My objection is that this printer works very well and I am loathed to retire it. This in addition to then having to purchase a new one with all the usual ink issues of modern printers.

Im still holding out for a solution.

Apple were happy to take my $3,500 for the MacBook Pro - seems bad business to dictate which printer I must use.

Why did you immediately start making scurrilous accusations about Apple intentionally disabling your now FOURTEEN year old printer? I still have my LaserJet 1022 from the same vintage and it works perfectly well with Catalina 10.15.7. It’s really hard to help someone with that kind of thinking getting in the way. Good luck.

I got the same message window as Lonny. It pops up after I double click the "HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.dmg" and won't let me continue.

I also have lost access to my beloved LaserJet 1012 (workhorse!!). I have a 2015 iMac and just upgraded to Big Sur 11.01.1

Thanks, all. These forums are so helpful.

The System Requirements for the HP printer drivers download from Apple -- https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1888?locale=en_US -- says "​OS X Mavericks and later."

No luck with that:

This is my first time I've solved anything here for someone. That feels pretty good too! 🙂 Now if only HP had kept the driver for a printer they felt important enough to keep a picture of?