HP 8600 printer drivers for m1 chip macs

Should your vintage-antique HP 8600-series all-in-one printer have no current

driver update/upgrade path; you may try to see if it could be used another way.

[Some may require setup by wire (USB + Adapter) for an initial attempt to use.]

Most popular printers are 'AirPrint-enabled' so you can print wirelessly to them

using your Mac. ~ You don’t have to download and install printer drivers.

Rosetta2 may not offer a means to use this old HP 8600. See if AirPrint has

a sub-model listed; then see if HP may have a marginal model to use.

Marginal model numbers among this series could be useful (or not) with AirPrint.

For that, you would have to be willing to Try. I almost bought an HP 8600 series

AIO; had other issues with HP. Sought/bought instead, photo-quality Epson AIO.

(The Epson series offered various means including native Wi-Fi support. A now

older model; proven best choice. Prints 'with/out' drivers, wire/less; iPhone, etc.

"AirPrint is built into most popular printer models; for a list of printers that support

AirPrint, see the Apple Support article About AirPrint."

• Print wirelessly from your Mac to your printer - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/print-wirelessly-mac-printer-mchl3c1a7aef/12.0/mac/12.0

Usually those models on a fringe may be seen as useful with AirPrint. However

looking through list of 'supported' printers; shows some HP '86xx' ~ without an

exact match. [Another option: may be to try and see if that series printer could

be used by USB, through a wireless base station.] If not directly set up to AirPrint.

"Learn how to print from your Mac or print from your iOS device,

and learn what to do if you can't print." - or, See Share your printer.

I'd used some non-WiFi printers through USB ports, in base stations; they worked.

An early 'Apple AirPort Extreme 54' (orb-like spacecraft) was my fav. Still have one.

While have not used it in some time, it has class; with wifi and built-in 54k modem.

While the idea to use an older trusted peripheral/printer; drivers may or not still

be useful. ~ With the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit 'finality' occurred, third party

items had plenty of time to adapt. AirPrint is or was a bridge-technology.

Plan on acquiring a new printer/scanner/AIO. If you have older gear HP 8600

still supports; could still OK for those. Ink is usually problematic as these age.

..Given vintage/obsolete status, HP 8600-series has time stacked against them..

Good luck & happy trails! ☺︎

Hi,

The support page for an HP Officejet Pro 8600 e-All-in-One Printer - N911a has a reference to HP Easy Start for macOS 12. No specific information about chips.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-officejet-pro-8600-e-all-in-one-printer-series---n9/4322914/model/4323658

For earlier operating system versions, problems have been reported with HP Easy Start in some cases. HP Easy Admin has been a workaround. HP Easy Admin allows downloads without a connected printer. If necessary, this tool could perhaps be worth testing.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06164609

If nothing else works, an HP Officejet Pro 8600 (version 4.1.1) driver is mentioned in the article Printer and scanner drivers for Mac - Apple Support. The package (Post Date: Dec 11, 2020) HP Printer Drivers v5.1 for macOS can be found at https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1888?locale=en_US . It may or may not work with your printer, computer, and operating system.

Make sure that you have backup copies of important files (documents, photos, et cetera) before any tests.

Unfortunately, no HP 8600 printer seems to be listed in (the September 30, 2021 edition of) About AirPrint - Apple Support. Three HP Officejet Pro 8600A models were shown in an older (February 13, 2012) HT4356 iOS: AirPrint 101 Apple article, though.

Reset the printing system on your Mac to solve a problem – Apple Support (UK)

Add a printer to your printer list so you can use it on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Presumably you've visited HP's printer driver website and tried to download the one which is available there...? If that doesn't work, then I don't understand why you're posting here and not asking HP?