Driver? Networking Photosmart 7960

Hi,
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. 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.

Hmm...
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:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/hpijs/
(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)

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I'm trying to network an HP photosmart 7960 to a wireless notebook with Win 7 64 bit where the printer is connected via usb to a windows home 32 bit computer. Have downloaded vista 64 bit drivers for the printer but can't install them on the windows 32 bit system. Have installed the drivers on the win 7 system but can't locate the inf file when trying to add a network printer. Any help would be appreciated.

I sympathize with your dilemma. I have the same situation. I have a Media Center 2002XP SP3 desktop with 3 printers connected. Photosmart 7960, PSC 750xi all in one, and a Deskjet 870cse(a vintage 1996). I just purchased a HP dv7-3188cl notbook WIN7 64bit. My home network has worked flawlessly for years, with at least 4 wired and 3 wireless computers connected, networking 6 printers.
I have resolved my network problems with the printers. They are connected to the host machine running MC2002 XP SP3. I tried to install the printers through the network wizard by adding the printers through WIN7. Only the 14 year old printer installed successfully. The photosmart 7960 and PSC 750xi did NOT. Windows Update could not find the drivers for the install. None are available on HP website either.
After some web research, I have solved my problems. At first, I followed the add printer protocol from the WIN7 laptop. Error messages resulted and the USB printers would not install error0x00000214. The USB printers failed to install while connected to the host XP machine. The 870cse is on LPT1 and it did network successfully when attached to the host XPcomputer.
The drivers needed for the 7960 and 750xi (and probably many other HP printers) will install if you connect the printer to the WIN7 machine and follow the setup. Windows update will load the needed drivers if they are available. I sucessfully installed both printers on the WIN7 notebook, printed a test page on each, and printed other docs from the WIN7 notebook while they were connected to the WIN7 notebook. These drivers are 64bit. Both printers worked well when connected via USB to the WIN7 machine.
I then disconnected the printers from the WIN7 notebook and reconnected them to the original host XP desktop.
With the host desktop running, and the notebook running wirelessly, I went to (on WIN7) START--Devices and Printers.
Click ADD A PRINTER at the top of the window, then click LOCAL PRINTER ( NOT network!!!)
Then in the following Printer port window choose 'CREATE A NEW PORT--SELECT LOCAL PORT amd click next.
In the Port name box, enter the name of the port, ie the path. For example if the host machine with the printers attached is named WINXPMACHINE (as named on the network), enter \\WINXPMACHINE\ Then add immediately after that the Printer's name as it is on the XP machine( right click the printer in the Printer and Fax folder on the XP machine, select sharing and find the network share name for the printer). It may look like \\WINXPMACHINE\Printerx where x is a number corresponding to the printer. Then click next and OK
The next box asks to choose the printer from a list. Select the printer you want to network( I have only done this with HP printers) and click next
The next dialogue box asks to use the driver currently installed(recommended)--click next -- do NOT replace the driver( it was installed when the printer was directly connected to your WIN7 machine) Type in the name you want to use to identify the printer on your WIN7 machine. The printer will install. Print a test page to confirm installation.
Original web post I discovered ishttp://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/thread/bd43f9f6-e231-484f-a3b8-e06afeee7...
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I have tried every solution I can find to my problem - I cannot install a Photosmart 7960 printer on my HP Pavilion XP desktop. The installation wizard won't work. It ends in an error message and then undoes what it has accomplished up to that point. I think the wizard extracts the driver(s) from the downloaded file hp_53_enu.exe and puts it in the right place before the error, then it undoes that progress, making it impossible to find the driver or even identify the file name. I want to try some manual installation ideas, but I need to find the actual driver, not the zip file or the wizard. Can someone tell me the driver filename(s)? I can find the file on a second, identical computer if you can give me the file name.
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I finally pulled the trigger and bought a MacBook Pro last Monday. I have a lot to learn having come from a PC background. I have an HP Photosmart 7960 printer hard-wired to a desktop PC running Windows XP. I use a wireless network with a Linksys router for a laptop PC also running Windows XP that shares that printer. I am trying to get my new Mac to share that printer wirelessly as well. It can find the printer on my network and then asks me to choose a printer driver from the drop-down list. The HP Photosmart 7900 series is not in the drop-down list even thought that driver is supposed to be part of the Leopard 10.5.8 OS without downloading from HP. As a matter of fact HP doesn't even offer that driver up to download because it already comes on the operating system. I picked one at random (HP Photosmart 7550 Gutenprint 5.1.3) and it will print, but that can't be the right way to go in the long run. I've been back to the Apple Store where I bought the laptop and they don't know what to tell me to do. I'm hoping someone has solved this issue so I can enjoy my new Mac.

Hi! There are 4 7900 series drivers included in Leopard however at installation not all of them may have been chosen. I think you will have to use the install disc to install the additional drivers if they weren't installed originally.
List of drivers HERE. Tom
From Apple:
Installing printer drivers
All included printer drivers are installed by default with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. If you custom install, you can select which printer driver packages you would like installed. The Apple LaserWriter PPDs and sample drivers included with CUPS are installed as part of the Essential System Software package and cannot be customized or installed separately from Mac OS X.
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Hp photosmart 7960 and Vista

I have a brand new HP which came with Windows Vista. I have a used printer, an hp photosmart 7960. When I put the installation disc in, a little screen comes up that says "Checking System." The computer asks me if I really want to install it since it doesn't recognize it and it might cause problems. I tell it to install anyway. Howevere, the "Checking System" disc goes nowhere. The 0% stays at 0%. The directions that came with the printer say to disable the virus protector before installing program. I spent all afternoon trying to install--with and without the virus protection disabled. Is the photosmart 7960 not compatible with Vista? Or am I missing something? I am not particfularly computer literate, so if you have suggestions, please be clear and simple.

Gretchen wrote:
I have a brand new HP which came with Windows Vista. I have a used printer, an hp photosmart 7960. When I put the installation disc in, a little screen comes up that says "Checking System." The computer asks me if I really want to install it since it doesn't recognize it and it might cause problems. I tell it to install anyway. Howevere, the "Checking System" disc goes nowhere. The 0% stays at 0%. The directions that came with the printer say to disable the virus protector before installing program. I spent all afternoon trying to install--with and without the virus protection disabled. Is the photosmart 7960 not compatible with Vista? Or am I missing something? I am not particfularly computer literate, so if you have suggestions, please be clear and simple.
Unplug the USB cable from the printer to the computer if you have installed it, then download the driver from HP's website here. Start with the basic driver. After the install is complete download and install the update from the same link.
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Bob Headrick, Microsoft MVP Printing/Imaging
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Sharing Photosmart 7960 from Windows 7 to XP

Hello,
I have a Photosmart 7960 connected to a Windows 7 x86 PC. I would like to share it with an XP computer, but I cannot locate an installable driver on for the Windows 7 computer that can be downloaded to the XP machine at installation time. Can anyone tell me how to share this printer from Windows 7 to XP?
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If this has already been addressed in another thread, please someone point me there, but:
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1-2 minutes! Try 10-15 minutes on my Photosmart. These things are junk. I have discussed my many issues with phone support 10-12 times in the last six months with no progress.

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bowhunt wrote:
It takes forever to print a page or photo or it errors and won't print- b/w and color both- color photos or printing a page its the same slow print
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
I didn't find a specific driver for a US model Epson 7960
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I have TONS of ink for this printer...
The ink cartridges are 56, 57, 58, and 59. If I cannot locate an install disk it may be worth my purchasing a printer that uses these cartridges. How would I find out what printers are available that use these cartridges?
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So the basic drivers listed under the link below didnt work?
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Macbook pro and photosmart 7960 connection greyed out.

Macbook pro 10.7.5 Lion. trying to connect a HP photosmart 7960. via USB, the printer used to work on my macbook pro , every box is now greyed out , Add, print & scan. I hagve tried everything to no avail.
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Hello Edward,
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I would first suggest performing a cold reset to the printer by following these steps
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where client for Microsoft networks" and "file and printer sharing have to both be checked, our IT team has tried plenty of times but
they have NO IDEA what is the root cause, and they just go for the formatting but I can't have that anymore.
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are you on the internet or a local share
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