I am looking to install print and scan driver for Driver for HP Officejet 5740 series on a MacBook Air with OS X 10.7.5.
HP say it is only available from Apple each time I try and refers me to Apple.
I found a driver available at the HP website for OS X 10.7.
Go here > HP Software and Driver Downloads for HP Printers, Laptops, Desktops and More | HP® Support
Then click Edit to the right of Version then select v10.7 from the drop down menu.
I found a driver available at the HP website for OS X 10.7.
Go here > HP Software and Driver Downloads for HP Printers, Laptops, Desktops and More | HP® Support
Then click Edit to the right of Version then select v10.7 from the drop down menu.
The driver is here:
HP Printer Drivers v3.1 for OS X
The above is valid for OS X 10.7 (Lion) and later.
... but if you turn the printer on and it's on the same WiFi network as your Mac, your Mac should discover it and find and load the drivers:
You say you are running OS X 10.7 (Lion), which is now three years old. I couldn't find instructions for a system that old, but here are the Mountain Lion (2 years old) instructions:
Dear Carolyn, Thank you for your swift response. However when I went through the procedure it repeated responds :
The selected printer software is available from Apple. Click Add to download it and add this printer.
Having pressed Add Printer it goes through a seemingly optimistic procedure only to finally respond with
Setting up HP OfficeJet 5740 series [D4967B
The software for this printer is currently unavailable.
Please contact the printer's manufacturer for the latest software.
However I know it must be available as I have seen it on an Apple list as 3.3.2 for the OfficeJet 5740 [ P & S ]
and 5.1.7.1 for the Allin one Fax [ F ]
It would seem that the software has to initiate from Apple and not HP. All very frustrating and I have spent hours and hours without success, but thank you for trying. Regards Robert Scott
Thanks also for your quick response.
The printer is on the same network but it did not pick it up. I also noted that one must do this within an hour of switching on the printer but no luck. My Apple iMac has joined successfully and I have switched on sharing, however I have not been successful in down loading the driver for my MacBook Air.
It seems to take hours to download which cannot be right.
Anyway I will have a few more attempts. The iPad can also see the printer and can print.
Thanks again for your response, but I really don't know how to solve it. Regards, Robert Scott
See if there's anything in this article that might help > http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04510394
Many thanks for this. Finally I have the driver installed and working wirelessly after your suggestion to reference the above article. Regards, Robert Scott
Driver for HP Officejet 5740 for MacBook Air with OS X 10.7.5
