How to install Hp printer drivers for mac | Hp printer setup & installation guide

HP Printer Drivers for MAC | Hp printer setup & Installation Guide

Printer drivers are an essential piece of software that serves as a medium of communication between your computer and the printer. Without the drivers being installed correctly on your computer, it is quite likely that your printer will not perform its task of printing correctly.

Now you may have recently moved from windows to MAC, or you may have brought your very first printer, you will have to install your HP printer drivers on MAC.

This, while not a hard thing to do but do requires specific steps executed in the right order as you may very well understand that MAC works differently than windows.

If you are facing some difficulties in installing the drivers, then read on this guide on How to install HP printer drivers on MAC.

Install HP Printer Drivers for MAC

If you are using the snow leopard version on your Apple computer, then you don't need to go through the process of installing the drivers for MAC, as this version of MAC operating system comes with built-in HP printer driver.

The drivers are also available as a software update through the apple software update, but in case you are experiencing any issues related to drivers you can update the drivers using the operating system DVD that comes with your Apple laptop.

• Insert the MAC OS DVD in the optical drive.
• Now connect your Printer to the computer using a USB cable.
• Now you have to wait; your system will detect the old HP Printer queue, delete it, and then create a new queue automatically.

The newer version of MAC OS does not come with the built-in HP printer Drivers. If you are such a user and brought an HP Printer, you first have to download the drivers for your version of MAC OS and then install on your MAC computer.

Download the HP Printer Drivers for MAC

• For downloading the latest drivers for your printer first open www.hp.com on your browser.
• From the home page, you have to go to the support page. You will find it on the upper left side of the hp website's home page.
• From the support page, navigate to Drivers and Software.
• Here you will be asked to enter your product name and then your operating system.
• Choose your MAC operating system.
• Now you will be presented with the list of available software and drivers for your HP Printer.
• Download the latest drivers for your printer.
• After the download is complete, you may need to extract the files.
• After you have extracted the files, run the software.
• This will install the drivers to your computer.

Add HP Printer to your computer

When you have done the first step now, you have to add a printer to utilize these drivers and do the printing.

• Connect your printer to your laptop or your computer and switch it on.
• Click the apple icon and from the menu, choose the system preference option.
• Now go to the Print and Scan feature.
• It will present you with a list, search weather your printer is listed or not.
• If you find your printer, you have to remove it.
• Select your printer and then click on the minus sign.
• This will delete your printer from the list.
• Now you have to add your printer again.
• Click on Plus sign and then choose the add printer or scanner option.
• You will see your printer listed, select it.
• On the next page, click on use and print using option.
• Click on the add button.
• After this, select the drivers you have already installed from the list.
• Click the download and install button.
• Wait for a few minutes, and the system will configure your printer with the drivers.
• Close the window.
• Restart your device and print something to test, whether your printer is working correctly.

We are almost sure that if you have followed all the steps mentioned above correctly, then you have installed the drivers on your MAC device correctly.

But in case you are facing any difficulty with HP Printer setup, then it is wise to take help from the expert. Head over to the HP support and brief them about the problem you are facing in installing the drivers they will most definitely help you out.