How do I hook up my Laser jet plus 4 printer to my Macbook Air?

Does it have to have a cord?

I believe your LJ4+ uses a parallel connection, you can purchase an adaptor to convert it to USB,

The LJ4+ was also offered with a JetDirect network card and if yours has one you can connect it to your home network.

Finally you could purchase an HP printserver, connect that to your printer & your network.

One of these will work, the 2nd option is cheapest but depends on your particular LJ having a network connector already fitted.

Parallel Socket:

Cat5 socket:

If you have only the Parallel then you'll need a converter to USB, if you have the cat5 as well connect to your network (with a cat5 cable)

And here is how the parallel port (aka Centronics port) looks like on the printer :

An adaptor from Parallel to USB cost around 25€ and looks like this :

Thanks for that, I missed it 😊

Hi Csound1,

At your service ;-)

The only feature that is still missing in the new forum interface is an audio alarm that warns you when someone else has just posted the answer you are about to compose. I was still collecting picts when you posted :-)

Or an auto-screen-update would be nice.

Kind regards,

Leo

You can buy this cord at a local computer store or on the internet.

Ask for a "Parallel to USB adaptor printer cable" (there is only 1 type so it works for PC and Mac).

Remember : the Parallel plug that goes into the printer is sometimes called Centronics,

so a ""Centronics to USB adaptor printer cable" is just the same.

Kind regards,

Fasten your seatbelt :-)

1. make sure the printer is turned OFF

2. connect the printer to the MBA with the cord

3. if not already ON, turn the MBA ON

4. turn the printer ON

5. click on the Apple icon in the menubar

6. select "System Preferences"

7. select "Print & Scan" (in the section Hardware)

8. on the left of the "Print & Scan" window is a list of all connected printers

Do your see your Laser Printer in this printer list ?

If YES, print something.

if NO, read on

8. click the + at the bottom of the printer list window

9. select your printer model from the list

if you DO find your printer/model, select it and print something, let me know if it doesn't work

if you DO NOT find your printer/model

10. goto the "Download Printer Driver" page on the website of the printer manufacturer

11. follow installation instructions from the manufacturer

12. print something

Can you print ?

Kind regards

relenned wrote:

got to #9, found my printer andselected it, but when I try to print, I get an error message on the printer "W2 INVALID PERS"

There are so many HP sites, I don't know what one to go into to go to step #10

Thanks again for the help

Google with this phrase,

download drivers for laserjet 4 mac