HP Printer Driver

Perishingflames · #1 January 9th, 2008, 08:30 PM

Hi,

I am running Leopard and I have set up a network connection between my windows (which has the printer connected) and my mac for a shared printer. I can print to it fine, but the quality is messed because it is obviously using the wrong driver. So I searched the list of drivers included for the one I needed- HP Photosmart 7850, but I couldn't find it. After a quick look at apple's website, it had it listed and said I could install it using the optional installations on the Leopard install disk. So I inserted it, went into Optional Installs, then found the printer drivers section and I chose the HP drivers to install. I installed, then restarted, but the drivers list remains untouched...

Any help?

P.s. I have checked the HP product page but for 10.5 it claims "Included with Leopard" or something with the sort.

DeltaMac · #2 January 9th, 2008, 08:45 PM

Yes, the HP driver is included, but, like some other HP drivers, does not seem to include support for the network connection that you want to do.
From Apple's Leopard printer support page:

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Drivers that are not denoted as Modern Drivers cannot be selected when adding an IP printer or Windows shared printer.

You might try connecting that printer directly to your Mac, and turning printer sharing on. Your PC may be able to connect and print to it, while the printer is connected to your Mac.

Natobasso · #3 January 9th, 2008, 10:21 PM

If you can print a pdf to the printer just fine then you know there's something wrong with your postscript ripping of your printer driver.

I agree with DeltaMac on what you should do.

MisterMe · #4 January 9th, 2008, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Perishingflames

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I am running Leopard and I have set up a network connection between my windows (which has the printer connected) and my mac for a shared printer. ... So I searched the list of drivers included for the one I needed- HP Photosmart 7850, but I couldn't find it. ...

HP supplies USB drivers, which work fine when your printer is connected directly to your Mac. However, you need a CUPS driver for a printer connected to a Windows machine. Your printer is only partially supported by CUPS. You will find the driver here.