Will my hp Laserjet 1012 printer work with my new Mac Mini (OS 10.7, Lion)?

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Will my hp Laserjet 1012 printer work with my new Mac Mini (OS 10.7, Lion)?

I finally have to upgrade from my Mac Mini OS 10.4.11 to a Mac Mini OX 10.7, and wonder if I have to buy all new peripherals, too.

Here's what I have:

HP Laserjet 1012 black and white printer

Proview 17-inch display, PL913s

Epson Perfection 4490 flatbed scanner. (I scan a lot of manuscript pages and must have a scanner with an adjustable top)

Wired keyboard with numeric keypad

Wired mouse

Yes, I know they're old, but they work fine!

Thank you!

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.4.1), 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4, 512 MB

Posted on Oct 29, 2011 3:14 PM

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Oct 30, 2011 4:30 AM in response to Fiona6

Hello Fiona6,

I use iMac (Snow Lep) and 2011 Mini (Lion) and from both systems my results are:

Wired keyboard & mouse - work ok, I don't like or use wireless types.

My LaserJet 1010 - works ok (Your 1012 should also work, same series of printer).

If your display works ok now, cannot see why it would not work. My mini works with various vga and DVI displays I have at various times attached to it.

Don't know about your scanner though, with my all in one printer/scanner I have had to use OS X Image Capture program to scan. Might be worth a look at Epson's site to check on any software updates.

Roy.

Edit: Regarding display if you are getting a new mini you will need a new display adapter, minidisplayport to vga or dvi, assuming your display is one of these. This can be plugged into the Thunderbolt port on the new Macs.

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