Can't get HP Color LaserJet 2600n to install

I can't get my HP CL2600n to install on my IMac. I have tried to use the installation disc that came with the printer and also downloaded the driver from the HP website. It appears to install without any problems, but when I try to add the printer, I can't find the driver in the list. I am installing this printer using a USB cable. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Hi Charlie, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, *you must select your language first.)*
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then boot from the HD, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot.

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I have a HP Color LaserJet 2600N in my LAN.
Currently I am installing my new PC with Windows7 but I can't install my printer.
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This is what I have from HP Support:
Here are the printer drivers:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software11/COL10879/ly-31631-6/hp_CLJ_2600-HB-pnp-win32-en.exe
Use this software for first time USB installations only. Do NOT attach USB cable until prompted by the install program. Once you have successfully installed the driver using the USB cable, you can reconfigure the printer as a network printer using the Add Printer wizard.
For me personally I found that last past to be pretty vague...
i wrote a private message to Rainer who started this thread, but I got no response.
You gotta love people who once their problem is solved leave the rest of us hanging...
Way to go Rainer!!! Instead of Kudos I wish I could drop bombs on you and make your printer stop working buddy...
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Hi (I really, truly have gone through the other topics and can't find a solution).
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I'm trying to print on a G3 iMac via USB to an HP Color Laserjet 2600n. The printer driver is not included with Apple, and when I went to download it from the HP site (complete package for G3 computers running OS 10.3 or 10.4) it says there are no files to mount. I downloaded the same thing for a G3 running Panther and it installed perfectly and that iMac prints to the 2600n without a problem. I then downloaded the driver for G4s using the 2600n onto the G3 running 10.4.11 and while it installed fine and the print setup recognizes the printer, the printer will not print.
OK. So you began by trying to install the same package you installed on the Panther machine? It sounds as though the file got corrupted during the download if the system couldn't mount the disk image. Anyway, you then downloaded a different package for G4 machines and installed that on your G3 machine but this didn't work.
Are you sure about this? Do HP really have different packages for G4 and G3 Macs? If so, you will need the G3 package for a G3 Mac. Can you point me to the HP download page listing the drivers so I can take a look? That way I should be able to see exactly what you've tried so far.
OK, I found the page. There isn't a G4 package as such but the G3 one is supposed to run on Tiger so that is likely the one you need.
Is the printer's firmware up to date? I notice there's an update utility for it, too.
It goes through "starting job" gets to "processing job" and stays there forever. I was on Customer Support with HP, and as a result of installing the printer on my older iMac, we've deduced the problem must be with the software on the G3 that won't print (the one running 10.4.11)
This doesn't follow. It could be that HP's drivers don't work properly on Tiger but do on Panther. That could as easily be HP's fault as anybody else's. (It might not be their fault, but the fact that their driver works on Panther doesn't necessarily mean that driver - or another driver - will work on Tiger.)
I've installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, redownloaded, etc. etc. I don't know what to do.
When you uninstalled, how exactly did you remove the installation? Please give me as many details as you can.
I installed Ghostscript et al, but there is no driver there for the 2600n.
Why did you think installing GS might help? Ghostscript doesn't provide print drivers as far as I know (though it is involved - or can be involved - in printing processes).
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Hello there,
To get your issue more exposure, I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since your product is a commercial product. You can do this at Commercial Forums Printers - LaserJet.
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Hi, from HP's official site:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=446154&lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=446153&taskId=135
it seems that HP has not released a compatible driver for Windows Server 2008 yet. You may need to contact with HP support to see if they have a latest driver for Windows Server 2008 or if they have plan to develop a Windows Server 2008 compatible driver
for this printer. You can visit the following HP support site:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html
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