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Printer driver for HP Deskjet 930C in OS X v10.6.5?

Just bought our first Mac, an iMac with OS X v10.6.5.

Trying to connect an old HP printer (previously used with a computer running Windows). HP's site has drivers through OS X v10.4, claims that the drivers are included with OS X v 10.5 ("just connect the printer"), says nothing about OS X v 10.6. Just connecting the printer does nothing ... under Add Printers there's no "More Printers" button.

Should I download and use the v10.4 drivers?

J

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 1, 2011 7:02 AM

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Jan 1, 2011 8:21 AM in response to JMNL

HP has dropped support for the DJ930C with OS X 10.5 and following. (Yes, they said that there were drivers included in 10.5. No, the drivers didn't work.) If you want to use that printer with OS X 10.5 or later you should go to or . The boys at the HPIJS Project and Gutenprint, respectively, have 3rd-party drivers which actually do work, and work better than the official HP drivers ever did. The HPIJS drivers are PostScript clone drivers, and give very good output, and were mostly written by HP personnel. Why HP didn't use them instead of the official drivers is something you'd have to take up with HP.

Jan 2, 2011 7:51 AM in response to JMNL

Either the HPIJS or the Gutenprint drivers should work immediately. Just install, select System Preferences/Print & Fax and click on the '+' and the printer should show up and you can select the correct driver. If the printer is not showing, then you likely have a hardware issue. It might be as simple as a bad USB cable; change the cable and see what happens. It might be a bad USB port on the printer. If so, that means that it's time to get a new device. It is unlikely to be a bad USB port on the Mac, but you could try changing ports.

Printer driver for HP Deskjet 930C in OS X v10.6.5?

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