3/11/2019 0 Comments Hp Photosmart 7960 Driver For MacHi, I have an HP Photosmart 7960 connected to a Netgear wireless print server. I am trying to set up the printer to work from my G4. I had no problems setting up my Laserjet on another port on this print server. Hewlett Packard HP Photosmart 7960 Printers Downloads Free! 263 Drivers and Utilities, 34 in English for Hewlett Packard HP Photosmart 7960 Printers. Mac OS 9 Description: HP Photosmart driver for the 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 7100, 7200, 7300, 7500, 7600, 7700, 7900, 130, 140, 230, and 240 series photosmart printers for Macintosh OS 9.1. HP Photosmart 7960 Photo Printer. From what I saw in the manual, the same options are also available in the Mac OS driver but not tested by me. But, when I try to find a compatible driver using the Mac printer setup tools, there are none listed for this printer. I tried to install the HP software, but the driver still does not appear in the list. I have searched the forum, and this issue seems to be common. However, I have not found a thread that contains a solution. BTW - the printer installs fine if I direct connect it the G4. Any help is much appreciated. Network printing/Windows printing only works with a driver that was meant for network printing. To use the OS X built-in CUPS network choices, you need a CUPS driver. For postscript printers, it's not an issue, because postscript is the native output of OS X, and can easily be routed to the various choices in Printer Setup. Non-postscript printers are Very Different. ![]() Except for Brother, no manufacturer has provided CUPS drivers. Instead, what you get is Carbonized, OS9 legacy drivers, that have the comm protocol written into the driver (mostly USB). You can only print via the comm type written into the driver. **Exception - when printing via an Airport/Bonjour enabled print server, where the software does a port redirection, USB output from the Mac gets routed to the USB port on Airport Express/Extreme. Get the hpijs and ESP ghostscript driver set: (I'm pretty sure I said the same stuff in those links - I know this is hard to swallow, but you needn't listen to me only - further research about OS X and CUPS will help you understand this driver limitation). Thanks for the reply Greg, but I am not finding any help in the links you provided. My printer is supported by Apple, HP and Netgear. The printer works fine when I connect it directly to the Mac via USB (installed via the HP software). Unfortunately, the HP software will not install a networked printer (I dont think it can find it). And, when I try to install it manually, the printer list in the Apple printer setup dialog does not list the driver for this printer. Still hoping there is a solution. Network printing/Windows printing only works with a driver that was meant for network printing. To use the OS X built-in CUPS network choices, you need a CUPS driver. For postscript printers, it's not an issue, because postscript is the native output of OS X, and can easily be routed to the various choices in Printer Setup. Non-postscript printers are Very Different.
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