Driver HP LaserJet 1020 MacOS Big Sur

Hi again. I think you have answered the question even if you are sad anout it it’s days are over - I think.

I threw out two younger HZp printers this year but I knew Hp would not support them so as they were cheap . Terminee! I still have an old one and a new one. The old one works on several of my older Macs but not my Apple {[ 1977! No usb in those days.

id connect your Hp to your Mac and then go searching for usb drivers on zhP websites!

im not optimistic! Sadly!

colin

>Please let me know if there's an easy and not too expensive way to turn the 1020 into a wireless one.

Hello,

One way would be to use a Wi-Fi-to-USB print server connected to the LaserJet 1020. Alternatively, an Ethernet-to-USB print server connected to an Ethernet LAN port of a Wi-Fi router (if the USB printer can be placed near that router). Such devices can be found, for example, from TP-Link and StarTech.

Another method could perhaps involve the old MacBook Pro, and let that computer share the printer. However, one disadvantage is that the MBP then must be on whenever you wish to print.

In any case, the printer driver question for the more modern Mac, running Big Sur, will have to be solved, somehow.

Apple supported the HP LaserJet 1020 on Catalina? Not any more!

Catalina says it's printing, then some %, then finished,

all the while the printer remains completely idle.

Apple's printer driver installer says to try HP.

P.S: At https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-LaserJet-1000-Printer-series/439424/model/439431

Software and drivers for HP LaserJet 1022 Printer

I downloaded and installed HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers5.1.dmg

featuring HP LaserJet 1022, 1.6.1

which immediately blinked & whirred the 1020,

restoring printing to Catalina.

I have the same problem. And don't know how to fix it ;(

Try Vuescan from www.hamrick,com

Check their list of Printers but Id guess they will have it!

Colin

I have the same problem, but I'm confused as it appears that the original post is "Solved" but it doesn't actually seem to be. Is it possible that @DmitrievSlavkin accidentally marked the answer from @KsuSadko as solving the problem, but it actually doesn't?

In Big Sur, having deleted the old printer and having selected HP Laserjet 1022, the only printer software option that appears is HP Laserjet Series PCL 4/5 (the same happens if I choose the 1020) and it doesn't work. I tried to download the printer driver for the 1022 from the HP website but when I try to install it I get a message saying 'This volume does not meet the requirements for this update'. The same happens if I choose the 1020. If anyone else has any more ideas about how to solve this please let me know.

Buenas tardes,

Me encuentro con el mismo problema con mi impresora. No soy capaz de imprimir, se ha perdido el controlador y me dice que da fallo y solo aparece para Laserjet 4/5, me deja enviar la impresión, pero no la hace. Por favor, rogaría que me indicaran como solucionar esto, ya que la impresora es de suma necesidad para mí.

Gracias.

Un saludo.

Hola, siento que tengas el mismo problema. Vivo en España y, cómo has visto arriba, me pasa lo mismo. Incluso he conseguido el driver de la impresora (el 1022 para mi 1020) de otro ordenador y no ha funcionado y he intentado todo lo que dicen aquí pero sin éxito. Para imprimir tengo abrir un documento en un MacBook Pro viejo (con High Sierra) y enchufarlo a la impresora. Si no tienes la suerte de tener acceso a otro ordenador estas en una situación muy difícil. A ver si alguien logra solucionar el problema - por cierto, no he intentado la solución de ColinY (arriba) - pero parece es de pago. Un saludo.

Buenos tardes amigo y Apple user.

Tristemente Jo no hablo Espagnol mucho - very bad for the (nephew) sobrino di Mr Fred Pentland - El Mister in Espagne 1921-1936 en “Bombine”!

Usted hablo Safari - scribo www.Hamrick.com

Si U HP is connecto en met electrica U hablera SW for your HP automaticity.

Jo espera U comprendo?

Colin in Inglaterraz

Sadly, this does not work for me in Catalina. Hmmm... Does anyone have a website where we can download drivers that actually work? Also, why does it work for some and not for others. Buying a new MBP and upgrading to Catalina has killed my ability to use my handy dandy HP 1020 - a workhorse for the ages. I need to use this printer so badly. If anyone out there can help, I'd be so grateful. This single issue is causing me not to upgrade in the future to any Mac products. It's such a simple issue. Apple should support this printer! Here the message I get.

Yes, I have used HP 1020 on my Macs for years, but once I upgraded to Catalina it stopped working. I checked their support page and they have indeed discontinued it, however, I still want to use it as it's the best made printer I've ever owned in my 50 years of life. I'm sure that there are many others out there that would agree with me. I loved it so much I went out and bought used ones years ago, so I have three of the same one making it more important that I get it running again. One is connected to my old iMac 2009 with Lion, another on Windows 10, and the one that won't print is my MBP with Catalina. These printers have saved me soooo much money over the years in not having to buy much printer ink or buy new printers when they break every 3-5 years.

You bring up an interesting point about wireless; no, I have not yet used a wireless connection to print from it, but I think that would be cool to set up once the driver works.

I will keep it for my PC computers and get a new printer specially for my Mac, but I sincerely think the end is not here yet for the HP 1020/1022 Series. I'd give them several more years still, as they work fine on PCs and barely on my older Mac. Fun. I do understand how many would opt for a new printer and just give up. With COVID-19, I hardly print anymore anyway, as all my classes are now online.