if I try to install my HP officejet 7000 again (wich used to "work" before) it says that there is software for this model available.
Click.
Searching...
"software for HP officejet 7000 E809a is not available on the server"
Very strange!
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
This has helped others:
Sorry Greg, but the standard answers do, of course, not help, because in the standard answer the driver should be available. But it isn´t! Reading that it should be there is not the solution.
As I said before: I´m stuck in the following routine (translated from german):
There is software from apple available for your printer.
OK.
searching...
Software not available on the server at the moment.
-> no installation
Have you tried a reset of the printing system?
Some people have found that this action resolves the message about the driver not being available.
Hi,
Download and install the following HP Driver including support for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
HP_Mountain_Lion_Ink_SW_v12.23.18.dmg
This download includes the updated HP Print Driver, and HP Printer Utility.
Hope this solved your question.
Didn´work. It was even more a step back, because it removes all other printers...
Had that already tried this yesterday. It leads to the final step, where you have to add the printer, when the system (again) says:
There is software from apple available for your printer.
OK.
searching...
Software not available on the server at the moment.
-> no installation
My conclusion: The driver is simply really missing on the apple server! And you can´t install it from anywhere else, which captures you in a driver-vacuum you can´t solve!
The driver for the HP Officejet 7000 E809a is included with the HP driver download that Greg provided a link to. So if you have installed this driver suite, or the one that Dr Mac has linked to, and the driver is not found by the OS then you have a problem with your Mac.
Since the reset did not help you could try trashing the HP folder located in Library > Printers and then running either HP driver installer shown above.
Thanks!!!
The HP driver works in my case.
Open the HP_Mountain_Lion_Ink_SW_v12.23.18.dmg
and go to HP Software/HP Installer.app/Contents/Packages
Run the HP Officejet 7000 E809a Instantiation files.pkg
You may also need to first clear all the old HP drivers and
you would need to unplug your network and USB HP printers.
HP officejet 7000 driver download is not available for OS 10.8. Can´t install it anymore...
