How do I install my HP Officejet 4500 Wireless printer in OS X Mountain Lion?

Today I bought a new HP OfficeJet 4500 Wireless printer and wanted to install it on my MacBook Pro (Early 2011) running OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion).

When I inserted the installation disk, it said that I should go to the OS X preferences panel and choose Printers, and add my printer there, because OS X uses its own printer driver installations. But when I chose the printer in the drop down menu, it said that the "driver is available for download from Apple. Do you want to download and install now?". I clicked "donwload and install" but after it looked for the download it said that the driver I am looking for is currently not available on the Software-Update-Server.

I also tried downloading the .dmg from the HP website but again: it wants me to install my printer using the default preferences "+ Button"

I hope you can help me.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1), HP OfficeJet 4500 Wireless (G510n)

Posted on Aug 31, 2012 11:43 AM

19 replies

wertzu1122 Author

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Aug 31, 2012 12:04 PM in response to mende1

Already installed. Doesn't work. The driver is in that hp folder in Macintish HD>Library>Printers though.

wertzu1122 Author

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Aug 31, 2012 12:18 PM in response to mende1

It downloaded something now but it failed at the end. So it wont add the printer.

rjmmusic

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Nov 9, 2012 8:29 AM in response to ShlomiL

Thanks, Shlomi!

Oct 29, 2013 3:23 PM in response to rjmmusic

Finally! Thank you @rjmmusic! This solved my issue 🙂 (i have a HP Officejet 4500 G510n All-in-one Wireless Printer)

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How do I install my HP Officejet 4500 Wireless printer in OS X Mountain Lion?