All-In-One Functionality over a network

I have the HP All In One 7310 which is connected to my home network through an IP Address via an ethernet cable. This printer is NOT connected directly to a PC. My ISP is Cox and I am using a Bountiful wireless router. I can print to this printer without any problem from the 2 laptops (both Windows XP SP3) that are also connected to the network. One of the laptops is connected wirelessly and the other is connected via ethernet. My problem is, I cannot get the scanner to scan on this printer using either of the laptops connected to the network. Both laptops have the FULL install of the printer software and drivers! If I access the scanner remotely by typing the IP address and run a scan preview, the scanner communicates with the laptop and I do get a preview. How do i get the scan function to work on this printer without plugging into it with a USB cable? Please help!!!

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Photosmart premium all in one and wireless G network

Is the new photosmart premium with built-in Ethernet, WiFi 802.11n backward compatible on b/g wireless network? Will it connect wirelessly to my Linksys WiFi 802.11g network?
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Yes, 802.11n devices, including our two new Photosmart Premium All-In-One printers, are compatible with 802.11g wireless networks.
A bit of background: the 802.11n standard that was just recently ratified mandates compatibility with 802.11g and 802.11b networks and devices. You can even mix devices on the same network. For example, you can setup a 802.11n network and connect both 802.11n and 802.11g devices and have the 802.11n devices run at 802.11n speeds.
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Envy 4500 e All-in-One - Still connects to network but won't talk to computers

I turned on my Envy 4500 the other day to print a paper for school, but it wouldn't print. It's connected to the same network as my computer, and I changed nothing, but now it simply won't cooperate. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software, disabling my firewalls, restarting, running the Print and Scan doctor, resetting the printer to factory and reconfiguring the wireless settings, and nothing is helping. The Wi-Fi settings show that the connection is fine, but when I go to print wirelessly it shows the printer as offline. The issue is impacting all of the devices in my home that use the printer, including our Android phones, my Windows 7 desktop, and my wife's Windows 8.1 laptop.
I feel like I've done everything right, and it was working fine before, but for the life of me, my computer and my printer just won't talk to each other over the wi-fi. It works fine USB, but that's obviously not an ideal solution. Does anybody have any advice on this one?

Hello @NeapolitanSixth , and welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience!
I see you're having connectivity issues. I would like to help!
I would recommend setting up a static IP on the printer:
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All but one PC on my network can share and see folders, WRT160N

All my PC's on my home network can share and see folders, but my Company PC can not share nor does it see the shared folders of the other PC's. I have the firewall off on that PC. I tried sharing a folder from that PC but none of the other's see that folder.
I am at a loss, at one time it was sharing and seeing but had a virus get into the unit and the Company Tech team cleaned it and now, no sharing. I can get through to the internet with no problems.
Running NetWork magic on that PC, I see the other PC and the network printer, infact I can print to that printer.
I know it has to be a rights issue, but for the life of me I have no idea as to where else to look. I looked at my anti virus to see if it was blocking "MacAfee", but it's not and I don't have windows firewall running.
If anyone has ideas, please be specific as to where you want me to go or look. Send pictures, I'm that lost at this time.
Thank's to all.

Make sure your Company PC and your Home Network PC's are in the same Workgroup. Once they are in the same workgroup then they will be able to see files and folder.

I have a brand new hp officejet 6700 premium e-all-in-one printer but my macbook pro is not detecting the printer to even install it or make a print can some one tell me if it is a problem with the printer or the macbook pro?

can some one help me with the question ..

no not at all..it was just tested if it was being detected on a windows os..it did..i am doubting either it is a problem with the router or the macbook pro....but earlier it did connect well to a hp officejet pro 8600 e-all-in-one printer over a different network(at someone else's house)...

Windows 7 and HP All in One Printers

Have you just brought a new PC with Windows 7 or upgraded from Windows Vista and now having problems with your Printer / All in One.
1) Are you running the latest version of HP Software designed for Windows 7?
Please go to Hp.com and choose Support and Drivers
then type in your printer model number and follow the directions on the page.
2) Do you print but nothing comes out the printer, and the job just disappears from the spooler?
The fix is available here
Usb Connected Printer
This fix is about USB Connection but the method can also be used for a Network Connection too
3) Can you scan but your Scanned files just disappear, not in the directory you thought they should be.
The fix is available here
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4) Does HP Solution Center say that your printer is no longer installed?
The fix is only applicable for people who have upgraded from Vista to Windows 7
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5) Did your network printer disappear for no reason maybe after you ran a windows update ?
You may have found a thread that talks about this problem, this thread says disabling HP Device Discovery fixes the problem. I do not recommend this as it may cause other problem later.
I would recommend readding the missing printer using Add Device from the Start, HP (Printer Device Name) Menu Item.
If this problem presists please come back to the forum and inform us so we can look at this problem in more detail.
6) Are you just having general problems with install, printing, scanning or using your printer / all in one on a network (wired or wireless)?
You may have a problem that one of our Diagnostic tools can fix please see the Diagnostics Tread for detailed information about these tools.
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7) Are you having a problem that we have not covered?
First try the forum search to see if anyone else is having a similar problem.
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7410 All In One will not connect

I have a 7410 All In One. It's about 3 years old. Within the last 6 months it has been manifesting an ongoing problem. When not in use for a period of time, it will simply stop functioning. Upon disconnecting-reconnecting the power cord, the center screen will illuminate and a white bar across the bottom will appear suggesting it is connecting, but the "On" light will not come on. According the hp site the drivers are up to date.
Another oddity is that when it is in this condition, it will suddenly come back to life. This has happened a couple of times after anywhere from 6 to 12 hours. Unfortunately, it is in this mode now and there are documents that have to be printed.
It has never scanned properly, either, so the All In One functionality is pretty much nil.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
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Hi YSJA,
I'm sorry to hear you've had problems accessing your Officejet 7410 since adding the AirPort Extreme to your home network.
I have included a link to HP's Wireless Printing Center troubleshooting section. It has section, "Was anything changed or updated on your router recently?" that has detailed steps to help you resolve the issue.
Wireless Printing Center Troubleshooting
http://www.hp.com/global/us/en/wireless/troubleshooting.html
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Officejet Pro 8620 All in One installation

This is a nightmare. I have installed dozens of printers over the years but never one this difficult. We have a wired network with one server and 4 dell clients. After much difficulty - uninstlling, shutting down start up items, disabling services re-installing drivers and hours of looking for solutions on the net, I finally got the Windows 8.1 Dell all in one to work with the printer. Had to go through the same process, several times, to get the Dell 8.1 laptop to work with the printer. The Dell Vostro Windows 7 machine worked pretty well straight away. The 4th machine a pretty new Dell desktop, Windows 8.1 just refuses to play the game. I have used all of the HP troubleshooters, the Microsoft Fix It uninstall, cleared temp files, uninstalled many times, reinstalled many times and followed everything I could find on the Dell and HP sites but this thing will not connect. The desktop finds the printer on the network no problem. It starts the install, the icon appeare in printers and devices briefly (hover over icon - "driver unavailable") and after about 5 minutes the icon disappears and you get the - screen with the printer and the computer and a big red X on the connection. The message reads "Unsuccessfrl Network Installation" - " The printer was unable to be installed over the network." I have used both the CD's provided with the printer and the HP download at various and numerous times but still no go. Just don't know where to go from here. I have never had a problem installing any printer before. This is a nightmare that I have spent at least 20 hours working on.

Hello , Welcome to the HP Forums, and thanks for posting! I can certainly understand your frustration with this installation issue, and I would like to help. If I understand correctly, you are having an issue installing your HP Officejet Pro 8620 e-All-in-One printer over a wired network, on your Windows 8.1 desktop. What I suspect, is that it has something to do with the driver on your computer. Windows 8 has an annoying habit of installing multiple instances of your printer's driver. For example, even if you have installed the printer with the full HP software, because the Operating System can see the printer wirelessly, it may automatically install a driver from Windows update as well. So here's what I suggest we do; Let's check your printer's folder for multiple "HP Officejet 8620" icons. From your desktop, either swipe right to open the charms bar, or press Win key + C on your keyboard.Select settings from the bar on the right.Select Control PanelUnder Hardware and Sound, Select Devices and Printers. Let's remove all the software and start fresh. Right click on each icon you see for your 8620 (even if there is only one) and select Remove Device, or Delete. Once the printer has been removed, we want to do a cleanboot of the computer. This will turn off any non-essential programs that boot up when you start your computer (so if there is something installed that is hindering the installation, this should bypass it). You can follow the steps here to do a cleanboot - How to perform a clean boot in Windows Once the computer has restarted, download and run the HP Printer Install Wizard. It'll automatically detect your product and install the most recent driver package available from HP. Please respond to let me know if we have resolved the issue!Keeping my fingers crossed.

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No, you cannot scan over the network, unless the printer has network capability.. in which case the printer must connect via ethernet or wireless not USB.
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My HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus all-in-one doesn't scan over my wife network anymore

I have a wi-fi network in my home which works fine for internet on my laptop, and I used to be able to both print and scan over this network just fine. I can still print using the network, but can no longer put stuff into the document feeder and go back to the laptop and use the scan function. The scan function actually no longer even appears on the icon I used to have for it, only the print function.
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I have tried to uninstall and reinstall this device several times in many different ways and even tried to obtain the updated driver from the internet. I was successful a few months ago in reinstalling the device and retrieving the ability to control the scanner from the laptop. Now I can only reinstall the printer function, periood.
How can I get back the scanner function on my laptop to use over my wi-fi network? Of course my warranty for service expired earlier this year.

Good day and welcome to the forums, @MSRantal
I read about how you can no longer scan over the network from your Officejet 8600 Plus, to your laptop, and I will do my best to help you out. I have some questions to get started.
I would like to know:
Which operating system you are running on your laptop?
Are you able to scan to another computer over the network?
Have you tried plugging in a USB to the laptop and scanning?
If yes, did a USB connected scan work?
Have you tried scanning after disabling your firewall and/or anti-virus?
When you install the printer, do you see any error messages (or does the install completed successfully)?
If you do not have your printer plugged in directly to a wall outlet, try that.
Hoping to hear from you!
Happy Tuesday!
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C6150 All In One is not recognized over network

My printer works fine for printing over the network. My problem is that I cannot initiate a scan to computer, or initiate from within HP solution center. I can access and interact with my printer directly via the web browser interface. The HP driver install and HP home network diagnostic utility all find the printer OK on the network, but the diagnostic utility keeps saying that software is missing that is necessary to run the printer over the network. I have uninstalled all HP software, then downloaded the full version of the latest HP software suite and installed it - all OK except now when I try to run Solution center it no longer even gets to the main menu - an error message comes up and says no HP devices were found and quits. When obtaining software from the HP site I was careful to specify XP as the OS and have not tried anything that does not have XP listed as compatible.
I still can connect to it directly and print. I have looked at every possible driver that HP has on the site. I have run the scan diagnostic - It verifies the connection OK but when it gets to the driver section of the test it crashes and a Windows error message comes up and says it has encountered a problem and has to close.
I am running XP Home with all of the updates installed.

Hi,
seeing as you can acces the printer via the browser, so directly from its ip adress the connection is ok. What in these cases is most likely is that there is something on your computer blocking HP software ability to check out the network. Most likely something like a firewall or virusscanner.
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Looking for all in one network printer, know any?

I am looking to buy a all in one, multi function network printer.
I have been searching around, calling different vendors, but cant get a clear answer for anybody.
I need it to print and scan over the network on OS X and Window$.
Any help would be much appreciated. If you know of anything, please let me know.
Thank you.

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http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/printer/Photosmart/1/storefronts/CC988A%2523A BA
Installed a few of these just lately. Can't fault them. Good quality at a great price. Built in ethernet 10/100 10-Base T, drivers for Mac and PC, You can Print and Scan to it from both platforms. Drivers compatible with 10.4/10.5/XP/Vista. Good little photocopier as well and supports up to 4 different types/size memory cards. These can be inserted and using the LCD panel (no iinteraction required with Mac or PC) you can print however many photos you want.
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HP8500A all-in-one can no longer scan thru wireless network but prints fine.

HP8500A all-in-one can no longer scan thru wireless network but prints fine. Have used this device several times over past 2 years on different wireless networks (at home) but usually at some point I lose wireless scan function but maintain wireless Printing. I used to be able to reload the software and resolve the issue but now in this "new network" cannot get wireless scanning to work. Setup software; original software (CD) and current download as well as "Print/Scan Dr" hangs-up at "network check" for hours. Compaq laptop, Dell Laptop, Cell phones and Roku work fine thru network. Scanner works fine with USB to Laptops.

Which model Epsons are they?
I'm assuming you're using Yosemite (OS X 10.10), and that the problem developed when you upgraded from a previous OS.
(Your profile says 10.6.7 BTW).
Maybe the scanning function is not compatible with Yosemite.
You could try a few things:
reset your wifi system:
power down everything: modem, router, computer, printer/scanners.
wait a minute.
power them all up again, in that order: modem, router, computer, printers. Let each power up completely before going on to the next.
try a factor reset on your printer/scanner (if there is such a function). You'll have to check your manual for how. If you do that you'll have to enter the wifi password in your printer/scanner, assuming you have security on your network.
uninstall any printer manufacturer "utilities" that are on your Mac, and try Image Capture again.
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HP PSC 2510 all-in-one network setup problems

At the end of a long weekend of work, I've finished setting up my psc 2510 on a new wireless network. I use Tiger on two of my machines and Panther on the others. So I've posted advice over in the Tiger support forum, and I'm going to post the same instructions over here. (Moderators: I thought about just posting a link here to my other post, but I want to make sure that the search engine picks up this posting if someone does a search here.)
I have four machines total, two of them running OS X 10.4, the others running 10.3.9.
1. Start by hooking the printer up to a wired (ethernet) network. Print out a network config page (setup, 6, 1) when the printer shows its blue "networked" light. Dial the printer's URL into your web browser and enter the new network's info into the printer's embedded web server. If you get everything right, when you turn off the printer, disconnect the ethernet cable, and turn on the printer, you'll get that blue "networked" light after a minute or so.
If you don't see the light, print out another config page and check the "Wireless Status": "Scanning" means that the printer's having trouble connecting to the network. Your best bet is to temporarily turn off all wireless encryption/security and reconfigure the printer's connection. Once you have a connection, then try adding various sorts of security/encryption. In my experience, the printer doesn't do well if the SSID of the network isn't being broadcast or with a list of acceptable MAC addresses. In my old network I managed to get the printer running with WPA security, but this time I had to settle for WEP 128 bit security.
The Wireless Status will read "Disabled" if the printer has a USB cable or Ethernet cable attached. This means you need to unplug all cables (and possibly turn the printer off and on) to enable the wireless card. If the Wireless Status is "Disabled" even though you have no cables attached, you have probably reset the printer to factory defaults (see #2 below).
Things to watch for: is the default gateway of the printer the same as that of your new network? I had to change my new network's gateway to "192.168.1.1 addressing" from "10.0.1.1 addressing" because the printer was expecting "192 etc." after being hooked up to a Linksys router for several years.
Also, you may find you need to give the printer a self-assigned (manual) IP address, if other computers, once linked to the printer, lose printing and/or scanning capabilities a few days or weeks later. This can be set in the printer's web access server, but make sure to assign the printer an IP address that's compatible with the range of IPs that your router's is leasing to the network. I'm a novice at this network stuff, so sorry if I'm being vauge on this point.
2. It's possible I could have saved myself a lot of trouble setting up the printer for the network if I had reset the printer's network settings to factory defaults right at the start. But if you decide to follow HP's instructions and reset network settings to factory defaults, BEWARE: the printer's embedded web server can’t for some reason configure the printer to re-enable wireless networking. And the latest download of the hp all-in-one installer doesn’t contain the network config utility found on the original HP installation CD. (On this old CD, the config utility isn’t part of the install package, but it is invoked automatically during the installation process.)
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on the HP CD, preferably from a Mac running an system older than Tiger. It might also be possible to avoid running the installer and just run the config utility.
From this point on, I'll assume you've managed to get the printer on your network. Here's how to get all your computers configured to use the psc's printer and scanner functions.
HP tech support advised me to download the latest installer/print driver and use that to install and configure the psc 2150. This is good advice, insofar as the old HP Director software has a memory leak and the old HP Scan was prone to crashing whenever the 2510 went into Energy Saving mode. But if your mac isn't running OX X 10.4 (Tiger), you'll find that your system doesn't seem to recognize the new print drivers installed with by the download. This is especially a problem if you follow HP tech support's advice and delete a bunch of files prior to upgrading from the old installer to the new one, as (I suspect) it was at this point that I deleted working printer drivers from my Macs running Mac OS 10.3.9.
So if you're running 10.3.9 or earlier, I advise you not to delete any files and to configure your computer for the print and scanner functions in the opposite order that HP advises.
Most important: through trial and error I discovered that the HP Setup application isn't able to configure the printer if more than one user is logged in (Fast User Switching!). (This is a particularly tricky error to diagnose as the only symptom is that the setup app keeps claiming that it "can't find device" even though in the stage just prior it had successfully detected it!) Log out all other users, then proceed with the following steps:
1. Go to Print Center (called Print Setup Utility in Tiger), delete your old psc printer (if any) and click "add printer". The psc should show up in HP IP printing or under Rendezvous (called Bonjour in Tiger), and when you click on it, the Add Printer utilty should automatically find the "HP All-in-one" printer driver. If something's gone wrong, though, you may get the message “Print Driver not installed”. That's what happened to me after I deleted files (see above).
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on your original HP CD. When it finishes, it will start the HP setup assistant, in the course of which you'll be directed to go to the Print Center and add your printer. Do so.
2. Once you've added the printer successfully, run the latest HP installer, a download from the HP website. You should be able to skip the step where it asks you to add the printer, as you did this in step one.
3. Finally, since you didn't delete any files earlier, be sure to remove HP Director from your dock and from your Startup items (Login items in Tiger) by opening Mac System Prefs - Accounts - Startup/Login Items. HP Director has a memory leak. And it is superceded by the newer HP Device Manager when you download and run the latest HP installer. You should find the new HP Device Manager in your dock after step 2 (above).
If you have questions, write me at the following email (account name reversed to foil spam bots):
[email protected]
Powerbook 17" Mac OS X (10.4.3)

At the end of a long weekend of work, I've finished setting up my psc 2510 on a new wireless network. I use Tiger on two of my machines and Panther on the others. So I've posted advice over in the Tiger support forum, and I'm going to post the same instructions over here. (Moderators: I thought about just posting a link here to my other post, but I want to make sure that the search engine picks up this posting if someone does a search here.)
I have four machines total, two of them running OS X 10.4, the others running 10.3.9.
1. Start by hooking the printer up to a wired (ethernet) network. Print out a network config page (setup, 6, 1) when the printer shows its blue "networked" light. Dial the printer's URL into your web browser and enter the new network's info into the printer's embedded web server. If you get everything right, when you turn off the printer, disconnect the ethernet cable, and turn on the printer, you'll get that blue "networked" light after a minute or so.
If you don't see the light, print out another config page and check the "Wireless Status": "Scanning" means that the printer's having trouble connecting to the network. Your best bet is to temporarily turn off all wireless encryption/security and reconfigure the printer's connection. Once you have a connection, then try adding various sorts of security/encryption. In my experience, the printer doesn't do well if the SSID of the network isn't being broadcast or with a list of acceptable MAC addresses. In my old network I managed to get the printer running with WPA security, but this time I had to settle for WEP 128 bit security.
The Wireless Status will read "Disabled" if the printer has a USB cable or Ethernet cable attached. This means you need to unplug all cables (and possibly turn the printer off and on) to enable the wireless card. If the Wireless Status is "Disabled" even though you have no cables attached, you have probably reset the printer to factory defaults (see #2 below).
Things to watch for: is the default gateway of the printer the same as that of your new network? I had to change my new network's gateway to "192.168.1.1 addressing" from "10.0.1.1 addressing" because the printer was expecting "192 etc." after being hooked up to a Linksys router for several years.
Also, you may find you need to give the printer a self-assigned (manual) IP address, if other computers, once linked to the printer, lose printing and/or scanning capabilities a few days or weeks later. This can be set in the printer's web access server, but make sure to assign the printer an IP address that's compatible with the range of IPs that your router's is leasing to the network. I'm a novice at this network stuff, so sorry if I'm being vauge on this point.
2. It's possible I could have saved myself a lot of trouble setting up the printer for the network if I had reset the printer's network settings to factory defaults right at the start. But if you decide to follow HP's instructions and reset network settings to factory defaults, BEWARE: the printer's embedded web server can’t for some reason configure the printer to re-enable wireless networking. And the latest download of the hp all-in-one installer doesn’t contain the network config utility found on the original HP installation CD. (On this old CD, the config utility isn’t part of the install package, but it is invoked automatically during the installation process.)
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on the HP CD, preferably from a Mac running an system older than Tiger. It might also be possible to avoid running the installer and just run the config utility.
From this point on, I'll assume you've managed to get the printer on your network. Here's how to get all your computers configured to use the psc's printer and scanner functions.
HP tech support advised me to download the latest installer/print driver and use that to install and configure the psc 2150. This is good advice, insofar as the old HP Director software has a memory leak and the old HP Scan was prone to crashing whenever the 2510 went into Energy Saving mode. But if your mac isn't running OX X 10.4 (Tiger), you'll find that your system doesn't seem to recognize the new print drivers installed with by the download. This is especially a problem if you follow HP tech support's advice and delete a bunch of files prior to upgrading from the old installer to the new one, as (I suspect) it was at this point that I deleted working printer drivers from my Macs running Mac OS 10.3.9.
So if you're running 10.3.9 or earlier, I advise you not to delete any files and to configure your computer for the print and scanner functions in the opposite order that HP advises.
Most important: through trial and error I discovered that the HP Setup application isn't able to configure the printer if more than one user is logged in (Fast User Switching!). (This is a particularly tricky error to diagnose as the only symptom is that the setup app keeps claiming that it "can't find device" even though in the stage just prior it had successfully detected it!) Log out all other users, then proceed with the following steps:
1. Go to Print Center (called Print Setup Utility in Tiger), delete your old psc printer (if any) and click "add printer". The psc should show up in HP IP printing or under Rendezvous (called Bonjour in Tiger), and when you click on it, the Add Printer utilty should automatically find the "HP All-in-one" printer driver. If something's gone wrong, though, you may get the message “Print Driver not installed”. That's what happened to me after I deleted files (see above).
SOLUTION: Run the PSC 2500 Series installer found on your original HP CD. When it finishes, it will start the HP setup assistant, in the course of which you'll be directed to go to the Print Center and add your printer. Do so.
2. Once you've added the printer successfully, run the latest HP installer, a download from the HP website. You should be able to skip the step where it asks you to add the printer, as you did this in step one.
3. Finally, since you didn't delete any files earlier, be sure to remove HP Director from your dock and from your Startup items (Login items in Tiger) by opening Mac System Prefs - Accounts - Startup/Login Items. HP Director has a memory leak. And it is superceded by the newer HP Device Manager when you download and run the latest HP installer. You should find the new HP Device Manager in your dock after step 2 (above).
If you have questions, write me at the following email (account name reversed to foil spam bots):
[email protected]
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