How do I set up a 2007 driver software on a Mac Book Pro 2020 running latest version OS ? It's a hp H470 mobile printer.

How do I install the hp H470 printer driver to my MacBook Pro 2020 running High Sierra ?

Posted on Dec 8, 2020 12:50 AM

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Posted on Dec 8, 2020 2:41 AM

The last Mac OS X operating system your printer was supported under was Mac OS X Leopard (10.5).


If you have a brand new MacBook Pro from 2020 it should have come preinstalled with macOS Catalina (10.15)

and is incapable of running macOS High Sierra (10.13).

Please click on the top left of the screen and select About This Mac to confirm your macs model, age and year

and operating system.


Regardless I think you will never get this printer to work on your mac it is just far too old for the modern macOS.

Any drivers for this mac would have been 32bit and Catalina and newer OS's will only support 64bit apps

and drivers.


It's Christmas soon be good for the next two weeks and see what comes down your chimney.


There is an outside chance you could try the Guttenprint drivers available here, you will need to

check with them to see if your printer is supported.


http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php


Here are screenshots from the HP support page for your printer.


https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-officejet-h470-mobile-printer-series/3434453/model/3434454






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Dec 8, 2020 2:41 AM in response to Flory Nyamwoga

The last Mac OS X operating system your printer was supported under was Mac OS X Leopard (10.5).


If you have a brand new MacBook Pro from 2020 it should have come preinstalled with macOS Catalina (10.15)

and is incapable of running macOS High Sierra (10.13).

Please click on the top left of the screen and select About This Mac to confirm your macs model, age and year

and operating system.


Regardless I think you will never get this printer to work on your mac it is just far too old for the modern macOS.

Any drivers for this mac would have been 32bit and Catalina and newer OS's will only support 64bit apps

and drivers.


It's Christmas soon be good for the next two weeks and see what comes down your chimney.


There is an outside chance you could try the Guttenprint drivers available here, you will need to

check with them to see if your printer is supported.


http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php


Here are screenshots from the HP support page for your printer.


https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-officejet-h470-mobile-printer-series/3434453/model/3434454






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