Q: Hi I have got an old laser jet 5000n printer and i need to download a driver to the mac to get them to talk to one another and the ... Hi I have got an old laser jet 5000n printer and i need to download a driver to the mac to get them to talk to one another and the printer to work. Can anyone tell me what i need to do as I'm having trouble on Hewlett Packards website. more
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Aug 8, 2014 4:14 AM in response to iampaintzby Rudegar,you can try their older drivers but maybe hp have dropped support for that model
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Aug 8, 2014 5:48 AM in response to iampaintzby rkaufmann87,iampaintz wrote:
Hi I have got an old laser jet 5000n printer and i need to download a driver to the mac to get them to talk to one another and the printer to work. Can anyone tell me what i need to do as I'm having trouble on Hewlett Packards website.
I have an iMac running OS X 10.8.5
and a Hewlett Packard Laserjet 5000 N with an ethernet crossover cable running between the two.
Anyone assist please.
Mark
Try Gimp Print, you can find drivers at http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net.
However if you are connecting the printer via Ethernet to your router all you need is the printer's IP address and OS X can print that way. Please read Apple's advice in OS X: How to connect to an IP-based printer or AppleTalk printer via IP