HP laserjet pro n1212mf won't scan

This is now June 30, 2013, so I guess most of you have solved this, but I still could not scan.

until last night, I tried this and it worked. If there is a real fix I am not aware of, let me know. But this worked.

How to scan with HP laserJet M1212 nf MFP

HP has not fixed it’s driver for this printer with the Apple X 10.8.4

How to Scan:

Fake like you are going to print a document.

1. Open any document.
2. Hit print. (you are not going to print)
3. Choose 1^st menu pulldown: Printer Like you’re going to change to a different printer.
4. But go to the last option “Print and Scan Preferences”
5. New window pops up that has 2 tabs “print” “scan” Pick Scan.
6. Pick Open Scanner.
7. NOW you hit “scan” it will work.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3222228?answerId=15942776022#15942776022

HP has not updated driver support for this printer on Mountain Lion. The only driver support in the Oct.4,2012 HP v2.12 drivers for OS X update were for the HP Laserjet 1200 and 1220. Only printing support is indicated for these printers.

Although 10.8 is not explicitly listed on the supported platforms, the new HP drivers provide the full suite of MFP functionality in Mountain Lion for the HP LaserJet M1212nf MFP, including HP Director, and are available from the HP website, http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/COL32660/Im-80903-6/LJM1130_M1210_MFP_F ull_Solution.dmg and the referring page is http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=Im-80903-6 &cc=kr&dlc=ko&lc=en&os=219&product=3965849&sw_lang=

Following Rajat's post, I decided to dig deeper into this printer support issue for the LJ Pro m1212nf printer.

Again, I scanned backwards and forwards through the Oct. 2012 Apple update, HP Printer Drivers v2.12 for OS X, and did not find the m1212nf printer in the list of currently supported printers for Mountain Lion. Just in case I missed it the first and second time through.

The software that Rajat suggests is universal binary (PPC/Intel) that was released in early June 2012 and was for OX 10.6 and OS X 10.7 support. There is no indication that HP tested it against Mountain Lion, and in fact, despite what HP says below, the printer no longer appears supported in Mountain Lion per HP documentation below.

HP suggests that if this printer was installed and working with Snow Leopard or Lion, that during the upgrade process to Mountain Lion, the driver would be automatically updated and the printer would work with Mountain Lion too. Yet, by October 2012, there is no explicit HP driver support for the m1212nf printer on their site, or through HP printer updates supplied via Apple, for Mountain Lion. No doubt, there is temptation to install the old driver support. If it causes your system to crash dump, uninstalling it will be a PITA.

See this link, “Installing the printer on a Mac running OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (Network Connections Only). On that page, there is an expandable section entitled, “Is my printer supported in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.” When expanded, it produces another link to HP Printers supported in Mac OS X 10.6, OS X 10.7, and OS X 10.8. On that page, expand the category, HP LaserJet color printers and All-In-Ones. Even though you are presently on an HP Customer Care page for the M1212nf printer, HP indicates that this printer is not among the supported printers in Mountain Lion. In fact, support begins with the M1217mfw series!

The best metaphor for HP these days is a dyslexic dog chasing its tail.

I haven't changed my position. Originally, I could have sent you a link to the same outdated driver download, without all this extra investigation. I felt you deserved better, factual guidance.

I still use an HP Laserjet 4M Plus that I purchased new in 1994. Cost $2400. Still driver support for it in Mountain Lion. Still no problems with the printer. It was made for HP by Canon. When it is time to replace this printer, HP will not make the short list.

HP is terrible with updating its Mac drivers. I have an HP PSC1315 and I can't scan with it either. There's not much you can do until HP updates their drivers.

Suffice it to say, my new 27-inch Late 2012 iMac has a factory installation of Mountain Lion, updated to 10.8.2. My HP LaserJet M1212nf printed flawlessly as described on HP.com via AirPrint and the HP full suite software I listed scanned flawlessly.

HP no longer lists support for this printer in their officially supported printers for Mountain Lion. Although it is good that you have it working now, I hope this remains so, and is not undone by future Apple or HP software updates.

Freedland,

This post literally made my week as your solution worked for me too. Thank you so much!!

I have a hard doc on the glass that needs to be scanned then emailed...so finding the doc and using your solution doesn't work in my situation. Any other suggestions?